when i open winzip...

[greg098]

hello. i have a really strange problem. Everytime i open winzip, my printer starts printing and winzip doesnt open. I have NO IDEA why it does it. ive restarted and all. Its only been happening since last night, after i installed ACD See 7.0...maybe that done it? Anyone know how i can fix this? It even does it when i use the XP Compression feature. Winrar works fine tho.

[insanekiwi]

:rofl:

wtf do you use winzip for? wirar can handle all compressionformats just fine. uninstall winzip and stick with winrar.

and welcome to neowin man :fun:

[Syn1337]

yeah i'll go with kiwi on that one winrar is the daddy of all compression programs :p

[greg098]

winrar is too slow at uncompressing...winzip is way faster

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

WinRAR 0wn3s WinZIP's ass. :D

[greg098]

winrar is sooo ugly...when is foood releasing the icons patch for it? it seems like FOREVER

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

FOOOD isn't releasing a icon pack, anyway, although a peice of software like look like crap, you shouldnt judge it by that, you should judge it by how powerful it is, WinRAR beats WinZIP hands down in that regard.

[Nelsinho]

Welcome to Neowin Greg.

weird problem, only uninstall your winzip and download Powerarchiver 9.02 @ http://www.powerarchiver.com is the better application and works fine for all types of files (Y) :)

[kibkid]

  insanekiwi said:

:rofl:

wtf do you use winzip for? wirar can handle all compressionformats just fine. uninstall winzip and stick with winrar.

and welcome to neowin man :fun:

ditto

[CAH]

1. Invoke System Restore to undo whatever the newly installed program did.

2. Update the print driver (for your model)

3. Scan for any possible viruses

[Lazlo Woodbine]

  The_Decryptor said:

FOOOD isn't releasing a icon pack

No, he's *already released* an icon pack.

http://www.foood.net/icandy-junior-winrar-jnr.htm

Other archiving programs that are worth a look:

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

IZArc - http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/

TUGZip - http://www.tugzip.com/

[dreamz Veteran]

you don't even need winzip on xp. zipping is already incorporated.

anyways, check the file properties.

[The_Decryptor Veteran]

i dont think that is FOOOD's pack, i think it's just SentientPC's pack

Edit: Yep, i was right, FOOOD's page says it all.

[Ridgeburner]

I have to agree, Winrar is way too slow when uncompressing files that i've experienced, nothing at all wrong with Winzip IMO. It's such a familiar interface for me personally, that it'd be taking away part of my life if I stopped using it :laugh:

Winzip = .ZIP

Winrar = everything else

[Lazlo Woodbine]

  The_Decryptor said:

i dont think that is FOOOD's pack, i think it's just Sentinent PC's

The pack *IS* FOOOD's.

The software to patch WinRAR is by SentientPC, but the icons are by FOOOD. That's clear on the link I posted.

[C-Fu]

  Ridgeburner said:

I have to agree, Winrar is way too slow when uncompressing files that i've experienced, nothing at all wrong with Winzip IMO. It's such a familiar interface for me personally, that it'd be taking away part of my life if I stopped using it :laugh:

Winzip = .ZIP

Winrar = everything else

Dunno bout you, but I think only .rars and everything else except .zip are slow to decompress.

and I just don't geddit. It's just a decompressor program, it's not like you're gonna stare at that thing for ages anyway. and imo it's heaps easier to just right click and select decompress to a folder.