I used to get a diolog box that asked me if I wanted to save the file or open it, now winzip just wants to open every zipfile I click on....Why, hjow can I get winzip back under control?

I reinstalled winzip and the thing still wants to open all my zipfiles rather then just download the zipfile to where I wANT IT.

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I believe that this is a preference that you can set in your Tools>InternetOptions>Advanced panel. - It is not the fault of WinZip, because download actions are controlled by the browser.

If you're using Internet Explorer (like I do), by default a box will open when you start a download that will give you an option of saving the file or opening it. At the bottom of the box is a checked option "always ask before opening this kind of file." You probably accidentally unchecked it once, so IE no longer asks and does whatever it thinks is best (an annoying feature of all Microsoft products- software that likes to tell you what to do rather than doing what you want it to do). Unfortunately, I don't know how to change that. Microsoft products are also annoyingly opaque and resistant to a user changing settings.

mine dosn't give that check box option anymore

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?Form.ShowMessage=1497569

Have never had that problem with Win98SE or Winzip and have used WZ since version 3. Sounds like an IE/XP thing to me. [My last 3 computers over the past 8 years have been IE and Outlook Express free...best cure for system instability!]

Attached Link: http://www.stuffit.com/win/index.html

Attached Link: http://www.izsoft.dir.bg/izarc.htm

Not really an answer to your question, but just in case this makes it uncessary: if you happen to be running Windows XP, you can directly access ?some?all? zipped files without needing any zipping/unzipping application.