Windows utility to extract a specified list of files from .zip and .rar archives? [more inside]
posted by VeniceGlass on Oct 8, 2009 - 2 answers

I'm trying to find a procedure to create a zip file in Windows and preserve Unix file permissions from the original files... [more inside]
posted by oblio_one on Aug 7, 2009 - 10 answers

Where can I get a free dataset of ZIP codes and their corresponding county FIPS codes?
posted by chrisalbon on Apr 29, 2009 - 5 answers

What can I do with a plastic boot zipper that wont stay zipped? [more inside]
posted by @homer on Dec 8, 2008 - 8 answers

OS X filter: How can I recursively unzip files (in directories that are not zipped)? [more inside]
posted by wheat on Aug 17, 2008 - 6 answers

Is there an automated script or program to create a separate zip file for each directory? [more inside]
posted by niwnfyc on Jul 7, 2008 - 4 answers

Is it safe to assume that anyone professionally employed in a computer-using job (secretary, assistant, ect.) is familiar with ZIP archives? What about the public at large? [more inside]
posted by unmake on Jun 18, 2008 - 29 answers

Where can I find an unzipping program for Vista that has a shell extension for Explorer? [more inside]
posted by flatluigi on Jun 3, 2008 - 11 answers

compressed files inside of compressed files inside of compressed files. arg. please help me automate this process. [more inside]
posted by yonation on Feb 9, 2008 - 7 answers

What kind of archive program should I be using to ZIP... well, not necessarily ZIP but compress a backup of a hard drive? InfoZIP and WinRAR are failing me. [more inside]
posted by chips ahoy on Jan 2, 2008 - 20 answers

Why would an Office 2007 document ONLY open with a .zip extractor? [more inside]
posted by foxinthesnow on Sep 26, 2007 - 9 answers

Find post code with latitude & longitude. [more inside]
posted by BigBrownBear on Aug 19, 2007 - 6 answers

I learned to read with children's books featuring Zip and Ted (tad?). Help me find them again, please! [more inside]
posted by leahwrenn on Jul 12, 2007 - 11 answers

What can I do with all these old ZIP disks? [more inside]
posted by bartleby on Jul 5, 2007 - 18 answers

I want a free-as-in-beer way to put in a ZIP+4 postal code and get back a latitude and longitude. Unless that's more precision than I need for terrestrial astronomy. [more inside]
posted by pax digita on Dec 12, 2006 - 6 answers

My company has a cartload of old zip disks with non-confidential info on them (and a zip drive). Is there any good way to dispose of these...? Someplace that could erase and reuse or resell them would be ideal, since we don't have the staff to go through and erase them ourselves. (We're in N. TX but could possibly ship them off). I just hate to put them in the landfill.
posted by emjaybee on Oct 19, 2006 - 9 answers

Are there any companies out there that will transfer files from obsolete removable media? [more inside]
posted by ssmith on Jul 14, 2006 - 5 answers

Is there a way to have ZIP files automatically decompress when they are copied to a remote Mac server via FTP? [more inside]
posted by designbot on Jun 30, 2006 - 9 answers

Batch unzipping and file renaming on UNIX or OS X? All_ my_ files_ look_ like_ this!_.gz [more inside]
posted by Robot Johnny on Mar 23, 2006 - 25 answers

I'm looking for a method to automatically open the index.html file within an archive and then allow browsing from there, without decompressing. [more inside]
posted by Chuckles on Mar 8, 2006 - 7 answers

I want to start doing nightly offsite copies of a MSSQL database at work. The .bak and .trn files made by the SQL Server Maintenance Plan add up to about 1 gig, but they compress to just over 100 megs, so I 'd much rather export a compressed version. What's the best Windows 2000 app where I can schedule the idea "zip the 2 newest files in this source directory into another directory, into a .zip with the filename based on the date"? If it can keep the 5 most recent .zip files only, all the better.....
posted by Steve3 on Jan 9, 2006 - 11 answers

I'm looking for a Zip file extractor for Windows with some specific requirements that I haven't been able to meet... [more inside]
posted by RikiTikiTavi on Oct 8, 2005 - 8 answers

Wacky Windows question. I recently did some work on my chiefs computer and in the process upgraded his OS from 98 to 2000Pro. The problem is his backups (that he never mentioned existed) are saved without an extension on a Zip disk. Does this naming convention look familiar to anyone: "Backup Job 4, Disk 1, 04-12-14 22.20.05.1-Step" ?
posted by cedar on Feb 3, 2005 - 5 answers

I have a large amount of CBZ and CBR files that are ZIP and RAR files respectively with scanned JPEGs of comic books inside them. Thing is, the levels on the scans are sometimes too dark or too bright. Is there a windows program that would batch fix the levels (like photoshop's Automatic Levels command) on the compressed archives without having to unzip pr unrar them first?
posted by signal on Jul 2, 2004 - 4 answers

Let's say I have an Apple OS X computer with a gigantic, 1.5 GB file that I'd like to put onto 3 or 4 CDs, to give someone. What's the best way to spread a file across several discs? Multiple zip files? The UNIX zip command? Some backup program?
posted by inksyndicate on Mar 23, 2004 - 9 answers

Any easy way to uncompress about 400 zip archives in a Windows XP directory? I thought I was smart but this problem has made me feel dumb.
posted by johnnydark on Jan 14, 2004 - 10 answers