Becca Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I've been using ExtractNow for awhile now to unzip my SG downloads. If you haven't tried it, you should! It's this free utility that unzips more than one at a time. So this morning, I'm unzipping lots of goodies and this alarm goes off! It sounded a lot like a fire alarm from a school or something. I had no clue what happened, but it made me jump. (It was a little after 6am, mind you!) My kids thought my laptop was about to explode. It was kinda funny! Know what it was? LOL... apparently when ExtractNow runs into a file it has a problem with it sets off this alarm. So just in case you're a ExtractNow user and you've never come across this nifty little feature (in over a year, it's never happened to me), you've been warned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I've had that happen, too. I try to make sure the volume on my laptop is off before I start just so I don't have a heartattack if I encounter that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiza126 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I probably would have thrown something at my laptop thinking it was the alarm clock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather09 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I probably would have thrown something at my laptop thinking it was the alarm clock! LOL! I've had the alarm go off when opening files and it made me jump because I wasn't sure what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjaguiar Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 the first time it happened to me I screamed as well thinking my computer was about to explode as well. LOL ExtractNow is the bomb for multiple unzipping! Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisha Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 LOL - thanks for the warning! I've probably had that alarm before, because my ExtractNow has run into the stray problem file. Normally though, I do keep my volume turned down - I do jump out of my chair when I run across a website with music or I'm in a chat and someone sends a sound. So maybe I've just never heard it! Thanks for the giggle, Becca! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDecker Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Usually the alarm goes off if ExtractNow tries to unzip a file that has the same file name as something already in the folder. For this reason I always have it unzip into a new folder for each product. It has scared the heck out of dh when my volume is up too high! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Okay, now I'm glad my sound is usually off. I've had the error show up before, but didn't know there were sound effects that went with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimes1 Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Yep! I've heard it too! Do you like also the little pop (Ok, the loud POP!) when it's done? This program is one of the reasons I usually keep my sound on mute most of the time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caprimom Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Thanks for the warning! I use ExtractNow but haven't run across any problems. I would have thought my computer was going to explode or something LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pab Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 Yes the first time it happened to me I also jumped thinking OMG what is wrong with my computer. But then you get use to it. I think a small beep would be nicer of course. Ha ha, but I am anal about things being to loud, go figure with six kids.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarinaS Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 My sound is usually off, too; but I probably would freak out if I heard that - LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimes1 Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 I had no idea that so many work with the sound turned off. For me it's the most peace and quiet of my whole day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Becca Posted August 18, 2010 Author Share Posted August 18, 2010 I'm surprised that so many of you keep your volume down, too. I use iTunes a lot while I'm working, so mine is usually set to be louder than the kids in the background. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheri T Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 LOL! I must have never had the sound on when using ExtractNow, thank goodness:) A program I just detest the noises from is Quicken. I am the treasurer for my son's preschool and it is the software they chose a few years ago. I have to have the sound off for it b/c it just makes the cheesiest noises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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