If I use winrar or 7zip or whatever, Vista won't extract the files. Winrar says I don't have the rights to do so and won't let me tell it to do anything. 7zip acts as if it is working but the file never extracts. If I open up the folder to extract to and drag the files from the zipper program it asks for permission and will complete the task. Can someone tell me how to tell Vista to allow extractions from winrar or 7zip

bha19

Did you try the native Vista unzip function - or is there a special reason you need to use the programs you listed?

Originally Posted by bha19

If I use winrar or 7zip or whatever, Vista won't extract the files. Winrar says I don't have the rights to do so and won't let me tell it to do anything. 7zip acts as if it is working but the file never extracts. If I open up the folder to extract to and drag the files from the zipper program it asks for permission and will complete the task. Can someone tell me how to tell Vista to allow extractions from winrar or 7zip

bha19

BH

Are you trying to unzip on a drive (or folder) that was created in a different OS? this is clearly a permissions issue. you can right click the drive folder goto the security tab and see who owns the folder. Simply add yourself to that group

Ken

Originally Posted by Brink

Hello BH, and welcome to Vista Forums,

7-Zip requires that you to use Run as administrator on the program. Afterwards, in Options, you can select the file types you want 7-Zip to open.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

What I want to do is I download a file from the internet and open it instead of saving it first. I guess this is not possible. Do I have to save it first and then run 7zip as administrator and unzip from there?

bha19