# Stuff it

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-it/32805>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 11, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-it/32805 "2000-09-11T19:48:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-it/32805/1 "2000-09-11T19:48:41Z")

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How do you open a “Stuff It” file on a PC? The person who sent it to me said WinZip would work, but it does not seem to work.

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**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-it/32805/2 "2000-09-11T20:17:40Z")

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I thought stuffit was a Mac thing. There might be a shareware program somewhere that will open it on a PC, but if it was compressed files from a Mac inside it, it probably won’t do you much good anyhow.

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-it/32805/3 "2000-09-11T20:30:50Z")

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get the latest version of winzip, and then open it. if that doesn’t work try going here—\> [http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander\_win\_login.html](http://www.aladdinsys.com/expander/expander_win_login.html) it’s freeware for expanding stuffit archives. If that doesn’t work, it (the archive) might be corrupted.

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**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-it/32805/4 "2000-09-11T23:34:58Z")

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Thanks Wonko. The Aladin Expander worked like a charm.

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**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-it/32805/5 "2000-09-12T12:08:10Z")

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Whooooo!!!