How do you open a zip file?

Question

I am trying to download a game and the file is in zip and I am trying to open it.

Answer 1

Use 7-zip

It's free

It's lite

Can associate with several archive formats (such as  ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, Z, gzip, bzip2, LHA, tar, cpio, smzip, JAR, rpm, deb, ISO, MSI, NSIS )

Beside this, 7-zip have a great compress ratio when you creating a 7z file (you can open a 7z file with the other commercial compressors like WinRAR)

http://www.7-zip.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-zip

Check this one too: KGB Archiver

See this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_...

Answer 2

alzip or winzip.

download from

download.com

Answer 3

You need to download winzip www.winzip.com or www.7-zip.org (this one is free) then install and extract the files.

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Answer 4

You can either download and install Winzip or Winrar.

you can download a free trial here:

http://www.winzip.com/downwz.htm

http://www.win-rar.com/download.html

After downloading and installing, right click the file and click Extract

good luck!

Answer 5

Install 7-Zip, when done right click on the file and open with 7-zip > extract here then double click on application file, if your not sure which file it is just double click the files till you see RUN appear

Answer 6

Are you not using the winzip to open it?

Please download it from www.download.com.Make a search with winzip and download any version.

Answer 7

Well you can use WinRAR. You can look that up on google and it can open zip files

Answer 8

You could use winrar from

www.rarlabs.com

which opens more then .zip files.