Can't open some ZIP files?

[Kenny]

Have a number of ZIP files, all with a normal .zip extension. Some will
open, some won't.
I checked the Properties of the ones I can and can't open.
The ones I can show on the Archive tab:
Version to extract: 2.0
Host OS: Windows
The ones I can't open show:
Version to extract 2.1
Host OS: DOS
I'm using WinRar, XP and NTFS, are they likely to open on a Win98 machine
with WinRar or
WinZip on it.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

This would appear to be an issue with WinRAR, not with Windows XP, as the information you're describing doesn't exist in XP's standard properties sheet. You may want to ensure that you have the latest version of WinRAR.

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

 

[Kenny]

Thanks for the reply, have downloaded the trial version of WinZip 9 and
they're opening OK. It was an older version of WinRar I had been using.

--

Kenny


This would appear to be an issue with WinRAR, not with Windows XP, as the
information you're describing doesn't exist in XP's standard properties
sheet. You may want to ensure that you have the latest version of WinRAR.

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Thanks for the reply, have downloaded the trial version of WinZip 9
and they're opening OK. It was an older version of WinRar I had been
using.

Yes, the latest version of WinZip includes a new compression algorith that
when used puts the 2.1 version info in the header portion of the zip file.
I don't know if WinRar supports this compression method yet or not.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Try UltimateZip. It's freeware with an inoffensive small popup ad at startup
for a few seconds.

From the UZ Help system:

Build-in support for:
ZIP archives (*.zip; *.pk3)
Blak Hole archives (*.bh)
Cabinet archives (*.cab)
JAR archives (*.jar)
LHA archives (*.lha; *.lzh)
TAR archives (*.tar) (Unix, Linux compatible)
TAR-GZIP archives (*.tar.gz) (Unix, Linux compatible)
TAR-BZIP2 archives (*.tar.bz2) (Unix, Linux compatible)

UUEncoded files(*.uue)
XXEncoded files(*.xxe)

Build-in support for reading and extracting:
ACE and ACEv2 archives (*.ace)
ARC archives (*.arc)
ARJ archives (*.arj)
RAR and RARv3 archives (*.rar)
ZOO archives (*.zoo)



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