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Using Windows Services to monitor folders and unzip files - VB.NET

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How to use VB.NET to build a Windows Service that monitor folders looking for files in ZIP format (and unzip them).

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I'm 26 years old and have a son named Davih. My main hobby is play guitar.

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I work in a government work and do many "in-house" extra-work in free time.
I started with QBasic at 15.
Programmed in VB 4, 5, 6 and VB.NET.
Very many familiar with assembly, C, C++.
Used perl for 2 or 3 months.
Today, I'm a web developer using PHP/Javascript/JSON/Ajax.
Nowadays, involved with a little bit of XNA programming and Playstation 2 programming.
Love play games and 'rom hacking' its.

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