Stop the archiver from extracting files?   

Hi,

I'm Leopard newbie. I struggeling with a huge problem. Everytime I download 
a .rar or .zip file the archiving program kicks off and tries to expand the 
file (no matter if the archive consist of several archive files). I wonder 
if there is any way to switch this off once and for all?

Cheers,

date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:20:42 +0200   author:   Alexander Lorenz

Re: Stop the archiver from extracting files?   

You don't give enough detail to identify what the actual source of the
problem may be, but I'm guessing you're referring to downloading files from
the internet. If so, you're using a browser and that browser is not a MS
product so this really isn't the appropriate news group for your question.

It's the browser's settings that determine what happens with downloads.
Check its preferences for the applicable setting. In Safari, for example,
there is a setting on the General page of Preferences which determines
whether downloaded files are Opened after downloading. Or you may have
Stuffit Expander's Preferences set to automatically expand archives in the
folder you're downloading to.

Either way, neither is a MS product, so if this doesn't point you in the
right direction you might ask in the Apple Discussions forums:

http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones 
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 6/13/08 2:20 AM, in article OQqDd2RzIHA.2068@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
"Alexander Lorenz"  wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm Leopard newbie. I struggeling with a huge problem. Everytime I download
> a .rar or .zip file the archiving program kicks off and tries to expand the
> file (no matter if the archive consist of several archive files). I wonder
> if there is any way to switch this off once and for all?
> 
> Cheers, 
> 
>

date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:41:17 -0400   author:   CyberTaz