I can't open any zip files

torchwood said:

Hi Labecs,
In your last post >> ive got other probs with IE<<, this is beginning to look like a malware/virus problem,
would suggest you run MBAM and your AV's and pop over to the am i infected sub-forum.(system security)

Roy

I haven't been able to fix this, and I haven't found any malware. Very frustrating.

Do you have a different computer that you can download .zip files to? If so, download a small one there, onto a Flash Drive. Test the unzip there first...

2nd: Insert the Flash Drive with the zipped file into the computer you're having a problem with and try to view the compressed files on that computer.

Let us know what happens....

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ETA: There are a lot of compression/decompression programs out there. You will find them on www.download.com. I prefer Infozip for a pinch, although it is a command line tool (only, AFAIK).

Infozip syntax example to test a .zip file for integrity: unzip -vt thecompressedfile.zip
Where: -v - verbose
t - test the file. Will not unzip it.

I usually use WinRAR which can open most archives. If there is a problem with this achive, I'll know if it is valid or not. I use Dropbox the same way and I've never had any problems with it, but I never use the the internal Windows ZIP opener. It may be you have it disabled in your copy of Windows.

You have a BAD Archive. All this means is that it was probably an incomplete download from Dropbox, or, an incomplete upload:

XweAponX said:

I usually use WinRAR which can open most archives. If there is a problem with this achive, I'll know if it is valid or not. I use Dropbox the same way and I've never had any problems with it, but I never use the the internal Windows ZIP opener. It may be you have it disabled in your copy of Windows.

Yes.. the regular Windows unzip facility does not provide much info when things go wrong. That's why Infozip is mentioned.

All the best.

Well, the issue was not , he could not open "any" zip files, he just could not open that one, because it was a bad file. As a matter of fact, I have had this same problem with the Dropbox archiving thing, so I stopped using it. It probably stops uploading to the archive when the iPhone goes into sleep mode, thus making the backup archive incomplete. For it to work right, you have to keep the phone on and powered up to full power, which it does not want to do. Some iPhone Apps force the device to stay live, say Video apps , dropbox is not one of them, to it always renders incomplete archives when using that feature.

It is better to use the archiving feature with the website. Actually I don't know if he made this archive using an iPhone or the Dropbox website from a PC, but he should check the source and make sure it is complete there.

I had a weird dropbox folder name somthing like "* JPEGS for EMAIL" which caused my windows 7 unzip tool to fail. I fixed the problem by renaming my dropbox folder to something like "JPEGS-for-email" and windows 7 unzipped the folder just fine.