Downloading from America Online and other online services

An online service with its own access software will generally have a specific folder on your computer where newly downloaded files are placed. After you download a Zip file from an online service in the normal manner, it's easy to use WinZip® to open and process the file.

Start WinZip by clicking on its icon, then click the Next button to move to the Select Zip File screen. The WinZip Wizard's Select Zip File screen shows all the Zip files in your Favorite Zip Folders with the most recently downloaded files at the top of the list, along with the folder in which they are located.

If your file or the special download folder is not shown, you can have WinZip search for the item by clicking on the Search button, then clicking Search hard disk(s) on this PC, and then clicking OK. WinZip will check all your hard drives and make a new list of Zip files, and update your favorite folders (the places where WinZip has found Zip files stored on your PC). When the process is complete, newly downloaded files should be near or at the top of the list. Highlight the file you wish to work with to continue with the Wizard's unzipping process.

Note:

Many files available for download on the Internet are executable (.exe) files. If the .exe file is a self-extracting Zip file, you can open and process it in the WinZip Classic interface by choosing Open from the File menu, or by right-clicking on the file and choosing Open with WinZip.