January 20, 200323 yr Like many of you my download directory is loaded with tons of zip files. I don't always have the time to unzip and install them in FS2K2, so I just leave them until later. Today I decided it would be nice to fly around Hawaii and I remembered that about 2 weeks ago I downloaded some Hawaii scenery. I did a search for "Hawaii" but nothing was found! Apparently it is not possible to search for files that are contained within zip files. Does anyone know of a utility that will search for a file within a zip file and tell you what zip file contains the file of interest? Thanks!Airbus Al Kaupa Digital Storm purchased 8/17/2011; Win7x64: Asus P8P67 Deluxe; Intel i7 2600K@3,9 GHZ; nVidia GTX 560Ti; 8GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Dominator; Power Corsair HX 750W; Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD; 300GB WD VelociRaptor; 1TB Seagate.
January 20, 200323 yr Don't know of a utility for that but you could come back to AVSIM and search the library here. Get the file name(s) and then go look in your folder for it. That's how I do it.BobL
January 20, 200323 yr Hi, we use a search tool at work that would fit your needs, it is a shareware program, though. The best I have seen so far to scan your machine
January 20, 200323 yr I have taken to saving zip files to a seperate folder under c:Zipped. I name the folder with a descriptive title so I'll know what's in it. Used to have the same problem. You can also set WinZip to "Classic" and it shows what files are contained and you can click on them and they'll open in notepad. That is any text files such as readme.txt or file_id.diz
January 20, 200323 yr I know the feeling. I got them scattered on five different computers on my LAN system. Time for a little library cataloging I guess!:-lol Bill Sieffert
January 20, 200323 yr I use a program called Advanced Disk Catalog (ADC)It is from http://www.elcomsoft.com/Is is a commercial program but it will catalog all drives CDS floppies etc you run thru it. Not only will it find file names it wll also check the archived files in side the zipWith 6 Drives on my system and over 100 CDs I need all the help I can get :-smile12http://www.avsim.com/pages/robert/kirkland.jpg
January 20, 200323 yr Windows XP will do it. Kinda expensive for a utility though if you are not already using it. XP treats zip files as compressed folders. You can then search on file name (full or partial) or text in a file contained in the zip file.
January 21, 200323 yr Author I have XP but the search feature doesn't appear to allow a search WITHIN a ZIP file itself. Maybe I am missing something. Please let me have more details on how it is done.Thanks for your help!Airbus Al Kaupa Digital Storm purchased 8/17/2011; Win7x64: Asus P8P67 Deluxe; Intel i7 2600K@3,9 GHZ; nVidia GTX 560Ti; 8GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Dominator; Power Corsair HX 750W; Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD; 300GB WD VelociRaptor; 1TB Seagate.
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