I've got a question. Had to get a new computer. Finally installed my embroidery software today. Some of the embroidery designs I have downloaded are zipped. Just figured out I don't have win-zip on my new computer. Could any one advise where to go to get it. Is there a free version that will work on embroidery designs? I could really use some help!

I see you got the answer! happy embroidery time!

I do it a little differently in XP because most of the time a zipped file will have other embroidery formats I won't need so instead of right-clicking -> extract all, I do right-click -> explore (which opens the file to view the contents, or you can usually just double-left click the file to open the zip), then I drag the .pes files out and into another folder. :) xXx

I have Windows 7 and to unzip files I just double-click on the filename in Explorer. If your embroidery software is Embird, just click the zipped file and it will open the files. Hugs, Lidia

Wow! I have XP but you can unzip the same way right click and extract all...just tried...learn something everyday here on cute...hugs Sally

Sure glad you ask that question! I do have WinZip, however I didn't know you could unzip like the gals told us! And it is faster! My goodness, you can learn all sorts of things on this site!! Tks!

Yep, Windows 7 has a zip file extraction feature built in. No need to worry about WinZip anymore!
Right click - 'Extract All' - 'Extract' button on pop up dialog box. Easy as it can be.

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by phyllis821 03 Jan 2012

Thank you. This is such a wonderful site. You Cuties are so helpful. Thanks again.

by clawton 03 Jan 2012

That was a great feature with Windows 7!

Just right click and select extract all. Should do the trick!! Good luck!!

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by phyllis821 02 Jan 2012

Wow!! Was that easy! Thank you ever so much.