Most of the files that can be downloaded from Sorcerer's Place are compressed to save on space and bandwidth. This means that once you download them, you need a program that can extract, or decompress them. We recommend WinRAR, as it supports creation and extraction of both .zip and .rar files.

As you may have noticed most of the files on Falling Pixel are compressed using either the .rar or .zip extension. To open .zip files in Windows XP or later simply double click them and explorer will open them; just remember to extract the file before opening it (move it to another folder). For .rar files, or for .zip files on other operating systems there are several freeware applications to open and extract these files; including winRAR and winZIP.

The file is simply compressed using an archiver program. All you need to do is download an archiver program to unzip/unrar it. We recommend WinRAR, as it unzips all the formats you'll come across on OFPFiles. Download it here. The error is either exactly as it says (in which case you'll need to download it again) or your uncompresser is out of date. Simply get the latest WinRAR version from this website.

In general, no. Compression is pretty useless for MP3s because they're already compressed. There are occasions, due to posting difficulties, when people will break their MP3s into distinct sections using one of these formats. But for the most part, you'll just post them as MP3s.

Most emulators can play zipped up rom files, however you can use Winzip to extract them if you wish. To extract the iso files before burning/mounting, you will need to download all the required parts and then extract them using Winrar.

These are WinRAR files. The poster has pre-processed the file with RAR to split the item into smaller pieces, more suitable for transmission in Usenet. You will need a copy of WinRAR to recombine these files into their original form. This has nothing to do with Agent, or any news client. Think of rar files as you would a zip file.

If you are downloading an ebook in ZIP format, you'll need to have a copy of WinZip to open the file. You can download a free version of WinZip fromhere. Once you've downloaded the ZIP file, double-click the icon to open it. Select all the files in the WinZip window and click 'Extract'. Choose a folder to extract the file(s) to. Go to that folder on your PC and double-click the icon to open the file.

The files that you downloaded are compressed with Zip, a standard compression format. They are compressed so that you can download them faster. They need to be un-compressed before you can play the audio files. The compressed files have names which end in ".zip". When they are uncompressed, the name will end in ".mp3". They may uncompress automatically for you. If they do not, then you should double-click them, because you probably already have the software needed to open Zip files.

NO. We are an Internet Service Provider and have no control or knowledge of passwords to specific files. Usually, if there is a password that means that the owner of the file does not want others to see it’s contents.

ANWSER: You can either use WinZip or WinRar to extract the files. Double click on the zip file, click extract, choose a folder to extract the files to and click ok.

In all likelyhood, you do not have a RAR file. No offical source is providing the Knoppix files in RAR format and it is unlikely that unofficial sources are either. From past experience we know that it is most likely that you are allowing Windows to hide file extensions from you and you only think that the ISO is a RAR file because of an ICON accociated with it. Windows should never be allowed to hide file extensions.

Use LHA and Unzip on Amiga. WinRar does the job nicely on Windows. For other platforms you can check on the Internet, there should be plenty of them available.

The ActionKits are compressed in Zip format. You will need an unzipper such as WinZip (Windows) or Stuffit Expander (Mac) to decompress the Zip archive. To download an ActionKit, click on the Download ActionKit link which appears on the description page for each ActionKit, then open it in your unzipping program. Extract the .atn file and save it to the Photoshop folder on your computer.

Often the sheer amount of filetypes and naming schemes in the world of downloading can be overwhelming at first glance. There are your standard compressed archives, often in RAR or ZIP filetype. Then you might have an SFV for checking. Usenet 1-ups this by adding yet another extension type, PARs, which are for checking and recovery too. (this FAQ assumes Windows PC apps) RAR: Opens with WinRAR. Standard for compressed archives, often broke into multiple parts. This might be .rar, .r01, .

Some sites take steps to stop people downloading files without looking at the web page containing the file hyperlink. If you open the file you have downloaded with Notepad or Wordpad ( even if it says it is an image file like .jpg ) you may well find that it is in fact an html page that you have been diverted to.

All files posted on our website are virus-free at the time they are uploaded and rechecked regularly to make sure they are still safe. We run virus protection software on our system that is checked constantly and updated as soon as new virus patterns are released. We use firewalls in addition to virus software to protect against viruses coming into our system. We also scan our entire system weekly for even more assurance against the possibility of a virus.

Sorcerer's Place is the website you are currently browsing. Throughout the site and our message boards, you will commonly see it abbreviated to SP.

Sorcerer's Place was created by Sorcerer, a.k.a. Taluntain. See here for more information about the SP staff. for why... The initial reason was practical necessity. Back in 1999 I was one of the operators/owners of the Baldur's Gate channel on IRC's oldest network (EFnet), and since Baldur's Gate had just been released, people needing information about the game were swarming the channel. Numbers in the range of 100-150 at a time were quite common.