help with changing extensions on an e-mail?

Question

I need to change the extension on an email from .txt to .zip then unzip and run the setup.exe program contained inside, But I am lost on how to do this.

Answer 1

Well if the txt is zipped, it should say zip...

Here is what you do if you are using Windows XP...

First you have to enable the showing of file extensions (which by default are turned off in xp, which means you usually dont see the extensions).

To do this, open any window such as MY DOCUMENTS...

then click TOOLS> FOLDER OPTIONS> then click the View TAB, you should see the option at the bottom says "HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN FILE TYPES"...if you dont see it, then scroll down one time.

Basically uncheck that box, then click APPLY and OK...

Then find your .txt file, you will see that it now shows the extension for example mydoc.txt

all you have to do, is RIGHT click the file, LEFT click RENAME
and change txt to zip, make sure it is the name of file followed by .zip

Answer 2

I am assuming that the file came as an attachment on your e-mail. You will need to click the attachment, and it should offer to save the file to your computer. Keep track of where you save the file.

Go to the file, and simply rename it from "what_the_filename_is.txt" to "what_the_filename_is.zip".

After that, simply double click on the "zip" file. It will open so that you can see the setup.exe. Double click the setup to run it.

Answer 3

right click -> Properties, then change the extension from .txt to .zip

If it doesn't open with winZip, then right click->open with, and select your unzipping program

Answer 4

Try to rename the file
example : myfile.txt to myfile.zip
Hope it helps you..