# need winzip help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-winzip-help/51614>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 24, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-winzip-help/51614 "2001-01-24T20:49:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-winzip-help/51614/1 "2001-01-24T20:49:34Z")

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This is a message from a friend of mine…

I’m trying to install Internet Explorer 5.0 on my machine, windows 98 and am having trouble opening the zipped file. I’ve tried using winzip, and that doesn’t seem to work. Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-winzip-help/51614/2 "2001-01-24T23:35:12Z")

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What happens when you try to decompress it with winzip?

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**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-winzip-help/51614/3 "2001-01-25T00:57:11Z")

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Didn’t think MS distributed MSIE zipped, but I’d say that all things considered, you might just have an easier job DLing it from their web site again.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-winzip-help/51614/4 "2001-01-25T01:51:45Z")

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Okay, we’ll try that tomorrow. Thank you. Further bulletins as events warrant.

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**Author:** ![WillGolfForFood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/82dd89/32.png) [@WillGolfForFood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillGolfForFood)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-winzip-help/51614/5 "2001-01-25T12:37:03Z")

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\*\* Didn’t think MS distributed MSIE zipped\*\*

They don’t, but WINZIP (at least version 8.0) understands Microsoft’s single-executable-compression scheme.

(I didn’t realize that either until I pointed my copy of WINZIP 8.0 at my copy of IE5SETUP.EXE.)

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-winzip-help/51614/6 "2001-01-25T16:40:03Z")

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Just click on the downloaded file, it should run & install.

Might not be zipped or self zipped.