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    From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to All on Saturday, January 24, 2026 00:51:00
    one thing that is 'new to me' and pretty is i found out
    that 7zip can open up vmare and other container files.

    so i dont have to get my vm working and loaded up to get files from it.
    i can just use 7zip to get what i need.

    and the version of vmware i use got rid of the mounting feature so 7zip is great for me.
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  • From deon@VERT/ALTERANT to MRO on Saturday, January 24, 2026 21:51:53
    Re: 7zip
    By: MRO to All on Sat Jan 24 2026 12:51 am

    Howdy,

    one thing that is 'new to me' and pretty is i found out
    that 7zip can open up vmare and other container files.

    Hmm... I didnt know that. I think I'll find that useful too...


    ...δεσ∩

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to MRO on Saturday, January 24, 2026 09:21:26
    Re: 7zip
    By: MRO to All on Sat Jan 24 2026 12:51 am

    one thing that is 'new to me' and pretty is i found out that 7zip can open up vmware and other container files.

    Yes, I've used 7zip to open & extract ISO files, but didn't know it could open vmware files too.

    Nightfox

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to deon on Saturday, January 24, 2026 12:11:25
    Re: 7zip
    By: deon to MRO on Sat Jan 24 2026 09:51 pm

    Re: 7zip
    By: MRO to All on Sat Jan 24 2026 12:51 am

    Howdy,

    one thing that is 'new to me' and pretty is i found out that 7zip
    can open up vmare and other container files.

    Hmm... I didnt know that. I think I'll find that useful too...


    and not only does it DO it, it does it well and correctly.
    it's pretty impressive.

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  • From fusion@VERT/CFBBS to Nightfox on Saturday, January 24, 2026 14:52:00
    On 24 Jan 2026, Nightfox said the following...

    Re: 7zip
    By: MRO to All on Sat Jan 24 2026 12:51 am

    one thing that is 'new to me' and pretty is i found out that 7zip can up vmware and other container files.

    Yes, I've used 7zip to open & extract ISO files, but didn't know it
    could open vmware files too.

    it'll also open .exe installers. probably msi too. sometimes you can extract what you want from the installer without doing the whole charade

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