Hmm, well I'm not sure what to tell you. If I go into a folder on my Windows 7 system, arrow down to a .zip file then I do see an extract all option in the File pull down and the context menu.
For .zip files, no separate extraction tool is installed in Windows XP and beyond. It's included in the OS itself. It's possible you had something like 7-Zip installed on your XP system, so things would look a bit different. I'm not sure I can help, but maybe if you included more details on what you're trying to do on Windows 7, I or someone else could help. What file are you trying to extract, where is it located, how are you getting to it and so on. On 14/09/11 10:30, Walter wrote: > Hi. Yes, when I got my PC it had the windows extraction tool already > installed. However I can't find an option on windows 7 to extract files. > In XP I merely highlight the file and go to the context menu (or the file > menue) and arrow down until I get the option "extract here" and once I press > enter the job is done. However I find nothing, well lets say, I can't find > anything that does a similar job. I know Windows 7 has ribbons and maybe > there is something there but I've not played with them yet. Walter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain > Sent: 14 September 2011 16:25 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Finding the extraction tool in windows 7 > > I don't remember Windows XP having a built in extraction tool for .rar > file archives. I'm confused by your question on the .zip archives > though. I have to go check myself, but are you saying that the context > menu for a .zip archive in Windows 7 doesn't include options to extract > the archive? I wouldn't expect this to change much in Windows 7. > > On 14/09/11 10:18, Walter wrote: >> Hi to everyone. I have just aquired a new laptop, my first. Now this >> laptop is windows 7 whereas my PC is XP. I download loads of meadia stuff >> and most of it is in either.rar or.zip folders. Does windows 7 have it's >> own built in extraction and compression tool as does XP. If so, where the >> hell do I find it as I have no idea where to look. Windows 7 is going to > be >> a very steep learning curve, almost vertical. If anyone can help I would > be >> appreciative, thanks very much. Walter. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [email protected] > > -- Christopher (CJ) [email protected] To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
