Needing Winrar/Winzip???

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Needing Winrar/Winzip???

by slamina Jan 22, 2012 5:16AM PST

I bought a download instruction manual for my husbands denon receiver and it said I had to have Winrar/Winzip to pen archive and Adobe reader to read the file. I have adobe reader so do I need to purchase the other to archive?
I have windows/7, running IE. 9. Thank you, in advance

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by slamina Jan 22, 2012 8:54AM PST

I was able to simply dwnld. and open the document so I must have some sort of program(?). How can I find wht I have? I'm not computer smart. Although I do have problems opening some progrms to save to file so maybe the 7-zip wud b worth it. Thanks Mark

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Re: open archive

by Kees_B Forum moderator Jan 22, 2012 4:54PM PST

If it's a zip-file, that can be opened by Windows since 2002 (when Microsoft came with Windows XP). You only need additional software for opening rar-files (and then 7zip is a good choice).

We would have to know what problems you have with what programs to be able to help you with that. Anyway, just saving a file you download to your hard disk and not opening it should always work. No program will help with that.

Kees

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MarkFlax · Answer 1 · Jan 22, 2012 5:59AM PST

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No, not necessary.

by MarkFlax Forum moderator Jan 22, 2012 5:59AM PST

WinRar and WinZip offer free trial versions, but you then have to purchase after the trial.

I use 7Zip from http://www.7-zip.org/ . It is free and can unzip both zip files, (WinZip archives), and rar files, (WinRar archives) as well as other compressed file formats.

Try that.

Mark

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