Dennis, Your question has jerked back to the reality that I did not state the *real* problem/question. I will retry: My friend lives a long distance from me, so I cannot go to her house and her computer to try to help her. I have been communicating with her by email but I can, if necessary get her on the phone while she is sitting at her computer. I send her an email with an attachment and, at the same time, I send others the same email with that same attachment. Everyone else gets the attachment and can open and view the attachment. My friend claims she does not get the attachment and claims she cannot see it. I assumed that she did not have an Un Zip program on her computer. Now, after your question of 'what functions are you really asking for', I realize I just have not been able to explain to her what she needs to do in order to be able to see/view the attachment that is probably already on her computer. Also, part of the problem is that 'it is the blind, trying to lead the blind'. That is, I have not been able, thus far to instruct her properly. -----Original Message----- At 05:49 AM 8/3/2015, John B. Windham via wrote: >I use WinZip (paid-for version) but have a friend who needs a good >Unzip freeware package for Windows. >Googling UnZip freeware gives many choices but I don't know enough >about these freeware UnZip programs to help my friend make a choice. > >My friend is not very computer literate but she needs a UnZip package >that is free, reliable, and fairly easy to use. >Can anyone make recommendations. What functions are you really asking for? For simple (no password/encryption) pure ZIP format files, Windows 7 already is capable of opening them (they look just like any other directory window) to permit one to copy files out (I'm not sure if the "Extract All" context menu is Win7 also). I don't believe it supports adding files to an archive. Neither will it handle LHA, LZH, GZ (I don't think), TGZ (aka .tar.gz), BZ2, etc. compression modes. On my current desktop, I have 7-Zip installed (and I believe that is what is authorized for installation at work also). One of my laptops (not sure if the newer Win7 or the ancient WinXP) has PeaZip. -- bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net Dennis Lee Bieber HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/

Can she see any attachment at all? Have you tried sending her a JPEG? I'd send her something like a photo (JPEG) to see if she can see that attachment and if she can open it. Donna -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John B. Windham via Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 12:09 PM To: 'Dennis Lee Bieber'; tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG] OT-recommendations for UnZip freeware Dennis, Your question has jerked back to the reality that I did not state the *real* problem/question. I will retry: My friend lives a long distance from me, so I cannot go to her house and her computer to try to help her. I have been communicating with her by email but I can, if necessary get her on the phone while she is sitting at her computer. I send her an email with an attachment and, at the same time, I send others the same email with that same attachment. Everyone else gets the attachment and can open and view the attachment. My friend claims she does not get the attachment and claims she cannot see it. I assumed that she did not have an Un Zip program on her computer. Now, after your question of 'what functions are you really asking for', I realize I just have not been able to explain to her what she needs to do in order to be able to see/view the attachment that is probably already on her computer. Also, part of the problem is that 'it is the blind, trying to lead the blind'. That is, I have not been able, thus far to instruct her properly.

John, >> so I cannot go to her house and her computer to try to help her. There are way to directly control her computer from a remote machine assuming you have a broadband connection and not dial up. I have used both WebEx and TeamViewer for this, both free, but there are others. You could also use DropBox or OneDrive to share files rather than sending a zip file. Walter -----Original Message----- From: tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:tmg-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of John B. Windham via Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:09 PM To: 'Dennis Lee Bieber' <bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net>; tmg@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TMG] OT-recommendations for UnZip freeware Dennis, Your question has jerked back to the reality that I did not state the *real* problem/question. I will retry: My friend lives a long distance from me, so I cannot go to her house and her computer to try to help her. I have been communicating with her by email but I can, if necessary get her on the phone while she is sitting at her computer. I send her an email with an attachment and, at the same time, I send others the same email with that same attachment. Everyone else gets the attachment and can open and view the attachment. My friend claims she does not get the attachment and claims she cannot see it. I assumed that she did not have an Un Zip program on her computer. Now, after your question of 'what functions are you really asking for', I realize I just have not been able to explain to her what she needs to do in order to be able to see/view the attachment that is probably already on her computer. Also, part of the problem is that 'it is the blind, trying to lead the blind'. That is, I have not been able, thus far to instruct her properly. -----Original Message----- At 05:49 AM 8/3/2015, John B. Windham via wrote: >I use WinZip (paid-for version) but have a friend who needs a good >Unzip freeware package for Windows. >Googling UnZip freeware gives many choices but I don't know enough >about these freeware UnZip programs to help my friend make a choice. > >My friend is not very computer literate but she needs a UnZip package >that is free, reliable, and fairly easy to use. >Can anyone make recommendations. What functions are you really asking for? For simple (no password/encryption) pure ZIP format files, Windows 7 already is capable of opening them (they look just like any other directory window) to permit one to copy files out (I'm not sure if the "Extract All" context menu is Win7 also). I don't believe it supports adding files to an archive. Neither will it handle LHA, LZH, GZ (I don't think), TGZ (aka .tar.gz), BZ2, etc. compression modes. On my current desktop, I have 7-Zip installed (and I believe that is what is authorized for installation at work also). One of my laptops (not sure if the newer Win7 or the ancient WinXP) has PeaZip. -- bieber.genealogy@earthlink.net Dennis Lee Bieber HTTP://home.earthlink.net/~bieber.genealogy/ The TMG archive is found here: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/TMG/ Instructions on how to subscribe to TMG: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/TMG.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TMG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message