[thelist] opening .gz files in XP

[Anthony Ettinger]

I always go with GPL solutions (www.7-zip.org) the gpl
version of winzip type apps.

--- Stuart Young <syoung at unitec.ac.nz> wrote:

> I have some users who need to open up a .gz archive
> file, but
> 
> they don't have shell access to their webspace so
> they can't run a gunzip command
> they don't have administrator permission on their XP
> desktops so they can't install an archiving utility
> such as winzip. 
> 
> XP's native archive utility doesn't support .gz
> files - if you click on one (without winzip
> installed) it directs you to a helpful page on the
> microsoft website that says "you must install one of
> these 4 suggested products".
> 
> There doesn't seem to be a command in DOS to gunzip,
> and our IT helpdesk have come back to me with a "job
> closed. can't be solved" 
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Is there an online conversion utility that will
> convert .gz to .zip?
> 
> Is there a windows archive utility that supports .gz
> files that doesn't need to be installed?
> 
> cheers
> 
> --
> Dr Stuart Young,       	
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Anthony Ettinger
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