Folder refuses to be renames to rar

[fdonline]

I have Windows XP and Wiinrar and when i try to rename a folder to .rar it wont be renamed and refuses,i also tried to rename JPEG file into rar and it wont.Is there something i should do?

Cheers all

Clive

[ComputerNut]

you cant just rename a folder to .rar. if you want to compress down files and/or folders, the easiest way IMO, is to just WinXP's built in compression tool. just select the files you want, then right click on one of them, go to "Send To" then click "Compressed [zipped] folder", then it should automatically zip the files for you. if you want to use WinRAR, i think it works the same way, but there are WinRAR options when you right click on those files you selected.

HTH,
CN

[fdonline]

Hi

Thanks for the message,i will try but i have another problem when extracting files say into another folder instead of the files being overwritten there there is a folder created. and i cant get my files to be overwritten.Is there a workaround this?

Cheers

Clive

[ComputerNut]

I'm not too sure on what you mean. Are you talking about the folder with the identical name as the zipped folder that windows creates when you extract the files? because that folder contains the "unzipped" files. after that if you dont need the zipped folder, you can just delete it.

HTH,
CN

[fdonline]

Im sorry for confusion.i mean when i copy say a rar file named "F1" from my documents and overwrite the files in a folder in c drive called "F1" instead of it being overwritten it creates a folder instead of overwriting the files in that folder.Im sorry its my mistake i was not clear.

[ComputerNut]

Ok, now i understand. the reason that it wont overwrite, is because a zipped folder and a regular folder are really two different things. actually windows treats a zipped folder like a file (same as you would treat a bitmap file or a word document file, etc) so if you want to overwrite the data with the most foolproof way (at least the most foolproof way I can think of), just extract the files to a location other than where you want them to be, than cut those files, and directly paste them in the folder you want them to be, and when windows gives the overwrite prompt, just click yes to all.

HTH,
CN

[fdonline]

Thanks a lot i will do just that.

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