please help me change format of downloads

Feisbukaite

Hi, I'm terrible at using PC I was downloading cc today and changed some settings by accident and don't know how to change it back .
Whatever I download looks like that now,with little book icons, but they weren't there before, it looked different. All of my older cc files look like that now. How can I switch it back ?




even MCCC folder looks like that


and sims 4 folder

Cupid

it looks like you set package files to open with winrar somehow. i'm curious what would happen if you uninstalled and reinstalled winrar, but I don't know for sure if it would work.

Feisbukaite

Cupid wrote: »

it looks like you set package files to open with winrar somehow. i'm curious what would happen if you uninstalled and reinstalled winrar, but I don't know for sure if it would work.

I uninstalled winrar and all package files went back to normal, but now I can't find were to download the same winrar I had

rosemow

Hello
This is a link to where you can download winrar
https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Feisbukaite

rosemow wrote: »

Hello
This is a link to where you can download winrar
https://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Thank you. Can you please tell me what version of it to choose ? I see most of them are trials, does it mean I'll have to pay for it after free trial ?

rosemow

I don’t use winrar but from what I have read posted on other threads, i think that you can continue to use it after the trial has finished,

Cupid

Download whichever version corresponds to your operating system. They all say trial, but it doesn't force you to pay after the trial runs out, and it allows you to continue to use it even if you don't pay for it. 7zip and WinZip are also programs that do the same thing, if you'd prefer to use one of those instead. It doesn't really matter.

Feisbukaite

After re downloading winrar all package files have winrar icon back

rosemow

This link explains how to change the file assoiation.
https://www.quora.com/In-Windows-10-how-do-you-change-file-association-back-to-unknown-program

Feisbukaite

rosemow wrote: »

This link explains how to change the file assoiation.
https://www.quora.com/In-Windows-10-how-do-you-change-file-association-back-to-unknown-program

I found how to remove association, but the problem is .package is not there, so it's impossible to do that.

I found it in another place, but it allows me to choose only winrar or next option to go to microsoft app store

rosemow

Try removing the association in the way suggested in the link that I posted. Then download another cc package item, and the right icon then may be restored.

Feisbukaite

rosemow wrote: »

Try removing the association in the way suggested in the link that I posted. Then download another cc package item, and the right icon then may be restored.

it's impossible to remove association per that instruction, because .package is not it that list ( I mean in "set default by app", as per those instructions you found for me)
I removed winrar from my computer again.
I went to " choose default apps by file type". I found .package in that list, but now winrar is gone ( uninstalled) and no other apps to choose from, it sending me to the microsoft store. If I'll download winrar back, it's going to show winrar and microsoft store to choose from again.

I'm guessing my only option is to go to the microsoft store and get another app to open .package files, but what app ?

Cupid

There were several other methods in the link Rosemow provided, apart from that one involving the default apps thing, but if you don't want to be bothered by any of them then yes, the easiest method would be to simply uninstall winrar and replace it with another program that does the same thing. You could just type in zip in the store and pick one of the more highly rated apps. It honestly doesn't make much of a difference which.

Unfortunately once you select a default program for a file type, it's difficult to undo that.

SimplyJen

The files will continue to work even though the icon has changed. It's completely fine, I promise you. The paper icon from before is just a placeholder. Windows assigns a program to auto-open files if you were to double-click. This has nothing to do with how the file is read and the game will continue to read those files. Apparently, Mac is set up the same way.

If you're not happy with winrar, 7-Zip is 100% free and it doesn't bug you about a never-ending trial. Grab the 64-bit version because I highly doubt you have a 32-bit OS.

Feisbukaite

SimplyJen wrote: »

The files will continue to work even though the icon has changed. It's completely fine, I promise you. The paper icon from before is just a placeholder. Windows assigns a program to auto-open files if you were to double-click. This has nothing to do with how the file is read and the game will continue to read those files. Apparently, Mac is set up the same way.

If you're not happy with winrar, 7-Zip is 100% free and it doesn't bug you about a never-ending trial. Grab the 64-bit version because I highly doubt you have a 32-bit OS.

Thanks !

Feisbukaite

Cupid wrote: »

There were several other methods in the link Rosemow provided, apart from that one involving the default apps thing, but if you don't want to be bothered by any of them then yes, the easiest method would be to simply uninstall winrar and replace it with another program that does the same thing. You could just type in zip in the store and pick one of the more highly rated apps. It honestly doesn't make much of a difference which.

Unfortunately once you select a default program for a file type, it's difficult to undo that.

It's not that I don't want to be bothered, I do, but I don't understand PC.