Can anyone advise a 70 yr old newcomer to computing how to unzip compressed files?

Thank you

raf 1955,pretty new meself but i use winrar to unzip compressed files,do a google search for it,,hope this helps

Many thanks Stevee, I have downloaded a trail version of winrar but I can't make head nor tail of it

Any suggestions?

Welcome to both of you.

To answer your question, you can use winrar as a file manager : find your file with it, select it and use the extract button. Or, you maybe have an entry in your context-menu (right-click on the file), find the winrar entry, and in its submenu choose extract.

Have a look at this page for how to use winrar.

Also, you may have a look at 7-zip : it does the same but is free.

Next time, use the appropriate forum for your question (in this case) : you'll probably get an answer much faster.

Thank you Camarade Tux,

Point taken and duly noted. Sincere apologies