looking for software help

iPearly · 2014-08-02 22:24:03

Hi I don't know much about computers and I need someone to direct me please. Need to update my blue ray player and I've downloaded the software, however it's a zip file and I need to extract it first. Can anyone recommend a program to unzip it? Many links I've found contain viruses others ask to pay money and subscribe I'm…

02-08-2014 10:24PM

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iPearly

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Hi
I don't know much about computers and I need someone to direct me please.
Need to update my blue ray player and I've downloaded the software, however it's a zip file and I need to extract it first.
Can anyone recommend a program to unzip it? Many links I've found contain viruses others ask to pay money and subscribe

I'm really desperate.

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#2 02-08-2014 10:30PM

strangel00p

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download winrar from the link below. right click the zipped bluray software file and select "extract here"

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

download either x86 or x64.

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#3 02-08-2014 10:32PM

garbeth

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Windzip.com. Download and install it and you should be able to unzip the file.

Try right clicking on it and see if you get the option to open compressed folder

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#4 02-08-2014 11:33PM

degsie

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7zip is a great un/archiver and it's free.

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#5 02-08-2014 11:46PM

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All of the above, but for a plain zip file, any Windows OS XP or later can handle it natively

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