How do you unzip files?

[mart]

I have often wondered why it is that people have such a problem with Hacha or H-split, which, once all files are properly unzipped in the same folder, are really no problem to use. Can it be that the un-zipping part is causing problems?

I certainly find it time-consuming if there are a lot of files, and this makes me wonderif I am doingg it correctly.

For me there are 2 methods (I have Windows XP):
1. I right-click on the file and select "extract all," use the assistant, which extracts the file content, which I then drag and drop in the original file. I repeat this however many times until I have a sore hand and all are unzipped.
2. I extract one file with the assistant, then cut and paste the remainder of the files into the available new one. I double-click on each file, then drag and drop the content into the original file. Then I click the back button on the unzipped file and do the next one. This saves a lot of time, but has often left me wondering if there is not a more efficient method that all of you guys know and I have never heard of.

So I hope, a) that this post might help one or the other person who does not know and, b) that someone might tell me their great method for unzipping them all in one go.

 

[Aznagoel]

Ok, here is what I do.

I have WinZip and WinRAR installed on my PC. They both add a very usefull entry to the right-click menu in the explorer: "Extract here" (WinRAR is able to extract zipfiles, but the other way around doesn't work: WinZip is not able to unzip RARfiles). I put all the zipfiles in the same folder. In the explorer I select all files and then right-click one of them. I then select "Extract here" and all zipfiles are unzipped in one action.

The next step I have made easy as well. For hacha splits it is simple. Once you have used hacha once, it has registered the .0 files. Double-clicking each .0 file (which has the hacha icon) and the splits are automatically joined into the original clip. Piece of cake.

With hjsplit it is a little bit different, since hjsplit does not register itself. I use a small utility called "join32.exe" (I have attached it below). I have this program always available in my "unzip directory". This utility searches for all hjsplit files and joins them automatically. So with hjsplit I also have a two way approach: first unzip all zipfiles in a single "Extract here" step and next start the "join32" program. And all these wonderfull clips you guys post for me appear in an instant 😉

I have used this approach succesfully with both Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

 

[mart]

Hey, thanks a lot, Aznagoel. I knew that some computer boff must have found a better way, and that's very clear and understandable.