-------- Original Message -------- From: Peter Hillier-Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat 17 Feb 2007 07:12:15 EST
> brian crossman wrote: >> I have just downloaded 2.1 Open Office.Org and now cannot open it >> without purchasing WinZip. Have I done the download improperly? Please >> advise. >> > You don't need WinZip! 7Zip is a free alternative (and better > compressor). You can pick it up from its home site, or Source Forge: > > http://www.7-zip.org/ > http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/ > > There are also plenty of other programs that can open zipped files. > > By the way, why would you want to "open" the OpenOffice.org download? > It's an installer program and just needs a double-click to start > installation. > > Peter HB I strongly suspect that Brian's download of the exe file has been bastardised by Windows recognising it as a zip file (albeit self-extracting) and changing the .exe extension to .zip Assuming this to be the case, Brian could simply rename the file to OOo_2.1.0_Win32Intel_install_en-US.exe and run it. Dave -- This is a mailing list which exists to support users of OpenOffice.org All answers are given by other users who volunteer their time. If you are not subscribed to this mailing list you may not see all the replies to your query. Please reply to [email protected] only and include some indication that you are not subscribed to this list. (eg. "I am not subscribed to this list, please CC: me.") For on-line support see: http://support.openoffice.org/index.html For a knowledge base see: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
