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FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
edited July 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
. . . to my computer. I did something to Windows (not sure what) so that when I open my FLAC downloads they read as Zip files (not FLAC) and will not open in Winamp. Can anyone help me?
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  • weenieweenie Posts: 1,623
    Sorry, can't help. But I thought I'd take the opportunity to say "hey"..... :)
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    eh..Im sorry..I don't know..hence my computer hates me thread..lol..

    Ask patrickbateman..he knows everything about computers..he helped me so much.
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    Hey, back at'cha Weenie. Did you get the job that you interviewed for last week? I hope so.

    Thanks Libragirl. I'll see if he replies to this thread or maybe try to PM him.

    Cheers :)
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,561
    Go to a FLAC file in windows > Right click > Properties > then you see OPENS WITH - click change and browse Winamp.

    Im guessing you installled the zip program after winamp?

    IF that doesn't work then just unistall winamp and re download + install.

    Good choice with winamp, its the best :p
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,174
    Perhaps you inadvertently compressed all of your downloads together as a zip file? If this is the case, navigate to the zip file and double click on it. A program like WinZip should open and from there you can choose a location to extract the files.

    Now if you just happened to change the file extension, then change the extension back to normal and you should be fine.
  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    I BrisK I wrote:
    Go to a FLAC file in windows > Right click > Properties > then you see OPENS WITH - click change and browse Winamp.

    Im guessing you installled the zip program after winamp?

    IF that doesn't work then just unistall winamp and re download + install.

    Good choice with winamp, its the best :p

    Okay, I tried both of your suggestions, but the files are no longer reading as FLAC. They are reading as Zip files.

    How do I unistall the zip program?

    Thanks
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    markymark550 wrote:
    Perhaps you inadvertently compressed all of your downloads together as a zip file? If this is the case, navigate to the zip file and double click on it. A program like WinZip should open and from there you can choose a location to extract the files.

    Now if you just happened to change the file extension, then change the extension back to normal and you should be fine.

    I may have changed the file extension, but I'm not sure how I did that - and more importantly, I have no idea how to change it back. Is there a free WinZip program that I can download in order to open these files?

    Thanks
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    My first thought was what Brisk said, but since that didn't work...

    You may have had them all highlighted and accidentally copied one of the files onto them all...that happened to me once, but luckily I had the original files backed up and could reaccess them.

    But if only the extension changed, you should be able to right click --> rename file --> change extension back to flac.
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  • FifthelementFifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,963
    Shawn Smith Collective wrote:
    My first thought was what Brisk said, but since that didn't work...

    You may have had them all highlighted and accidentally copied one of the files onto them all...that happened to me once, but luckily I had the original files backed up and could reaccess them.

    But if only the extension changed, you should be able to right click --> rename file --> change extension back to flac.

    I tried to rename them but they still won't open. I have access to the original files so I can upload them again . . . however, I have tried that and when they upload they are in zip format rather than flac. Any other ideas/suggestions? Thanks
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    no luck yet? seriously pm patrickbateman..that guy knows everything. Not to knock anyone else...well most people know more then me. :p
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,443
    Fifthelement wrote:
    I did something to Windows

    Get a Mac!!!!!! :D
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    use the winRAR software, it'll open almost anything guaranteed!

    the softwar is free, just google it.
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  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,174
    Fifthelement wrote:
    I tried to rename them but they still won't open. I have access to the original files so I can upload them again . . . however, I have tried that and when they upload they are in zip format rather than flac. Any other ideas/suggestions? Thanks
    Have you tried just opening the file by itself? OK, now I'm guessing that the files download as a zip file to compress everything into one, neat file. If you try to open it and you can't, then do like I said before and install winzip or winrar. Personally, I would go with winrar because like LongRd. stated, it opens tons of file types.

    http://www.win-rar.com/download.html
  • weenieweenie Posts: 1,623
    Fifthelement wrote:
    Hey, back at'cha Weenie. Did you get the job that you interviewed for last week? I hope so.

    Thanks Libragirl. I'll see if he replies to this thread or maybe try to PM him.

    Cheers :)

    Haven't heard from them. A long silence can be interpreted in a couple of ways so I'll have to keep you posted. In the meantime, the economy in Austin is really good so I'l just have to keep plugging away. Hope you get your files problem straightened out. Ta ta....
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
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