opening a file within an zip directly

[Jon]

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Hello,
from the command prompt I'd like to launch a text file that is
contained within a .zip file directly

(i.e just like you can type in C:\mytextfile.txt and have it open the
file in notepad, I would like to launch a text file that is contained
within a zip.)

thanks

 

[Guest]

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Hi Jon,

Since the file is contained within a ZIP archive, it needs to be extracted before you can
read/modify the file. When you open up a ZIP archive within explorer and double click a file in it
to view it, it is essentially extracted in a temporary location.

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"Jon" <jspeis@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1124971921.543313.198120@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
> from the command prompt I'd like to launch a text file that is
> contained within a .zip file directly
>
> (i.e just like you can type in C:\mytextfile.txt and have it open the
> file in notepad, I would like to launch a text file that is contained
> within a zip.)
>
> thanks
>

 

[Malke]

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Anando [MS-MVP] wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> Since the file is contained within a ZIP archive, it needs to be
> extracted before you can read/modify the file. When you open up a ZIP
> archive within explorer and double click a file in it to view it, it
> is essentially extracted in a temporary location.
>
Just to add to Anando's good advice - although you can't do what you
want using XP's built-in zip handling, you can do this in third-party
zip software such as WinZip.

Malke
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[Guest]

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Thanks Malke, thats good to know !

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"Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message news:OtNu$xXqFHA.3800@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Anando [MS-MVP] wrote:
>
>> Hi Jon,
>>
>> Since the file is contained within a ZIP archive, it needs to be
>> extracted before you can read/modify the file. When you open up a ZIP
>> archive within explorer and double click a file in it to view it, it
>> is essentially extracted in a temporary location.
>>
> Just to add to Anando's good advice - although you can't do what you
> want using XP's built-in zip handling, you can do this in third-party
> zip software such as WinZip.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User