How to uncompress items?!!!

meilah25@yahoo.c · 12-24-2006, 04:51 AM

I tried to free up space on my hard drive so I compressed the items in my "(C

" folder. Those items turned blue and now I am having trouble using my CDRW/ DVD player that is internally installed on my HP. I am also having overall problems with windows. I believe that it is due to me compressing those items. I have tried to click on several items that are blue to "extract" them but that option is not available. I don't know what to do....Will someone please help me

Meilah

RyanAndrew88 · 12-24-2006, 05:07 AM

try to use a program do unzip them. www.rarlabs.com get winrar and try that

meilah25@yahoo.c · 12-24-2006, 05:11 AM

Yeah I do have winrar. I have really tried to "extract" the items with winwar, but i can not do it. The icons are blue but not actually ziped. I felt that if they were zipped I could use winrar to extract them.

RyanAndrew88 · 12-24-2006, 05:14 AM

What do you mean by "blue" could you take a picture. when the screen is up press print screen Then go into paint and paste it in. Then save and post.

meilah25@yahoo.c · 12-24-2006, 05:24 AM

well i am not able to locate a print screen but what I meant by blue is that the icon is its regular color, the writing underneath the icon is in blue instead of its standard black

Emperor_nero · 12-24-2006, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meilah25@yahoo.c

well i am not able to locate a print screen but what I meant by blue is that the icon is its regular color, the writing underneath the icon is in blue instead of its standard black

It should be above the "Insert" key.

Then go to www.imageshack.us and upload it and post the forum link here.

RyanAndrew88 · 12-24-2006, 05:30 AM

print screen is usually to the right of the f12 key.

What operating system are you running? Windows XP?

meilah25@yahoo.c · 12-24-2006, 05:33 AM

yeah XP Home edition

RyanAndrew88 · 12-24-2006, 05:39 AM

how did you compress them?

meilah25@yahoo.c · 12-24-2006, 05:47 AM

i went to the control panel and clicked on performance and maintenance. From there I clicked on "free up space on hard drive". When doing that I choose the (C

folder to free up space in and the the item that were not used everday got compressed. The icons still show but some of them ( the imporant ones) now have writings under them that are in blue then the standard black color. I can not uncompress them using winrar becuase they do not look zipped like a folder or the winwar icon. When clicking on them a small window opens that asks me "what do I want to open them with?" Nothing will open it.

12-24-2006, 04:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
meilah25@yahoo.c Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 31	How to uncompress items?!!! I tried to free up space on my hard drive so I compressed the items in my "(C" folder. Those items turned blue and now I am having trouble using my CDRW/ DVD player that is internally installed on my HP. I am also having overall problems with windows. I believe that it is due to me compressing those items. I have tried to click on several items that are blue to "extract" them but that option is not available. I don't know what to do....Will someone please help me Meilah

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12-24-2006, 05:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
RyanAndrew88 banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 20 Posts: 192	try to use a program do unzip them. www.rarlabs.com get winrar and try that

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meilah25@yahoo.c Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 31	Yeah I do have winrar. I have really tried to "extract" the items with winwar, but i can not do it. The icons are blue but not actually ziped. I felt that if they were zipped I could use winrar to extract them.

12-24-2006, 05:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
RyanAndrew88 banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 20 Posts: 192	What do you mean by "blue" could you take a picture. when the screen is up press print screen Then go into paint and paste it in. Then save and post.

12-24-2006, 05:24 AM	#5 (permalink)
meilah25@yahoo.c Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 31	well i am not able to locate a print screen but what I meant by blue is that the icon is its regular color, the writing underneath the icon is in blue instead of its standard black

12-24-2006, 05:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
RyanAndrew88 banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 20 Posts: 192	print screen is usually to the right of the f12 key. What operating system are you running? Windows XP?

12-24-2006, 05:33 AM	#8 (permalink)
meilah25@yahoo.c Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 31	yeah XP Home edition

12-24-2006, 05:39 AM	#9 (permalink)
RyanAndrew88 banned Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 20 Posts: 192	how did you compress them?

12-24-2006, 05:47 AM	#10 (permalink)
meilah25@yahoo.c Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 31	i went to the control panel and clicked on performance and maintenance. From there I clicked on "free up space on hard drive". When doing that I choose the (C folder to free up space in and the the item that were not used everday got compressed. The icons still show but some of them ( the imporant ones) now have writings under them that are in blue then the standard black color. I can not uncompress them using winrar becuase they do not look zipped like a folder or the winwar icon. When clicking on them a small window opens that asks me "what do I want to open them with?" Nothing will open it.