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July 27th, 2010 16:00
How do I open a .7z file??
I downloaded the file afg-war-diary.html from the web. I have tried "Open With" Internet Explorer but I can't get it to do anything. I think the original file had the extension .7z
I know I must be doing something wrong or not doing something I should.
Many thanks for any advice!!
Jeff
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Alexandra_P
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July 27th, 2010 20:00
Jeff - I found the file at leakmirror, downloaded it, scanned it (Microsoft Security Essentials found nothing), and extracted it with 7zip into a folder.
I get 3 items: Index.html (the main page), and 2 folders (afg and static) with the actual contents. I can't tell you why it's not extracting properly for you.
However, if you can get it decompressed: the way all the pages are linked/indexed, you have to move the afg and static folders directly to main C: drive. The index.html page expects the content to be in C:\afg and C:\static.
EDIT: Should've mentioned that the index.html does have active scripting. My IE8 security settings are generally set to "prompt" for active content - if any of yours are disabled, that could keep it from opening.
Alexandra_P
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July 27th, 2010 17:00
Looks like it was compressed using a freeware utility called 7zip:
http://www.7-zip.org/
Not sure why they did it in the .7z format, instead of a regular .zip.
I'd be cautious - most malware scanners can detect what's inside .zip files before they're unpacked, but don't know about .7z files.
Jeff Hoffman
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July 27th, 2010 18:00
Thanks ALEXANDRA_P - In the folder that I saved the file to it shows up as an HTML! The 7zip program just tries to compress it. (at least that's all I can manage)
Shouldn't IE8 be able to see an HTML??? I guess I am having another brain cramp, as usual.
This is the file that contains the supposed secret war documents that have been in the news for the past couple of days. I am an old paratrooper and my son is now so these documents hold a special interest for me. It's big - 75MB.
Any advice for the brain dead?
Jeff:emotion-42:
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July 27th, 2010 21:00
ALEXANDRA_P - Thank you very much!!! I downloaded the file again and will try to extract it, again, in the morning. I am about at the "cussing & throwing stuff" stage. I am sure you have never reached that point :emotion-12:. So the best thing for me is to take a little break.
I have printed your instructions just in case I do something else dumb!
Thank You Once Again.
Have a Great Night.
Jeff
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July 28th, 2010 14:00
ALEXANDRA_P - Ok!! I followed your directions again (this time not being tired and before consuming any adult beverages!) Worked like a charm. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me!!!!! :emotion-2:
Jeff
Alexandra_P
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July 28th, 2010 18:00
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Meh, you'd have figured it out - just trying to help with long experience as a freeware game junkie. Could've been worse. I must have sampled every freeware download manager and unzip utility on the planet back in the bad old days of Win98 and dial-up. Ugggh.
Jeff Hoffman
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July 28th, 2010 19:00
That was great times!! How 'bout IBM XT with a 10MB HDD or then my trusty 386sx Win 3.1 or Win 95 and a 2400 baud modem. My first 16 MB RAM cost just shy of $500!
Thanks Again.
Jeff
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July 30th, 2010 16:00
Yes, http://www.7-zip.org/download.html is their download page.
It's a very good Open-Source freeware utility - We used it at my last job because it was very good at storing files beyond the 4 GB / 32,000 file count limits of 32-bit WinZip (there was no 64-bit WinZip format at the time). It also compresses better than Zip.
BTW - Be cautious of web sites that SOUND like 7-zip.org but are spelled differently - who knows what they are, but they are not the original publisher.