Rainy wrote:
> every time I try to unzip a zip file using either winzip,
> winrar, or jzip, I get the prompt that the file is either invalid
> or corrupt. so I downloaded a new unzipping utility called Cam
> Unzip which is now telling me I only have one part of the zip. like
> a rar that comes in parts.. ? (It's only one zip) I would
> appreciate knowing how to fix this one.. I have been searching for
> an answer for a few weeks.. so far all I have found is a suggestion
> to go to Tools Folder Options, File types, click on the unzipping
> utitlity, advanced and make sure that confirm open after dowload
> has a check mark..it already had a checkmark, so now I don't know
> what to do. .. I am thinking it's a registry problem.. but don't know how
> to fix or where to start. I
> just installed 7zip and still it does the same thing. Yesterday I
> repaired the
> operating system, thinking that might fix the problem.. :( Would
> appreciate
> some advice please...
>
> Windows xp home
> Sp3
Shenan Stanley wrote:
> You have one part of a multipart zip.
Rainy wrote:
> it's a zip not a rar.. only one file inside.. and I downloaded
> 7zip and it worked. I have been struggling with this for weeks..
> finally after I asked for help I found the solution.. .lol funny
> how it works like that sometimes.. I also downloaded a corrupted
> zip repair utitlity called Object Fix and it repaired the corrupted
> zip.. thanks anyway.. hugs Rainy
You can have a multipart zip. You should know this - 7-Zip can do it.
7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, LZH, CHM, GZIP, BZIP2, Z, TAR, CPIO, ISO, MSI, WIM,
NSIS, RPM and DEB are all just compression algorithms essentially.
Different ways of doing the same thing - essentially making a file/set of
files smaller by getting rid of 'empty' space. The multi-part compressed
file is more a feature of the application in some ways than the algorithm
you have chosen. It was done legitimately for some so that they could
spread the results across multiple (usually smaller) external media sources
*and* the software 'sharing' community liked it because it allowed for
checksums easily and made the download sizes smaller (in batches) and a
bunch of smaller single files (compressed) is less to download overall.
With high-speed Internet more common, this is not done quite as much.
What is confusing (and the real reason for the response) about your
solution...
First post:
"I just installed 7zip and still it does the same thing."
Post with supposed solution:
"[i] downloaded 7zip and it worked."
Now - I understand (although it is a bit confusing and mentioned almost as a
"and oh yeah...") that you later state, "I also downloaded a corrupted zip
repair utitlity called Object Fix and it repaired the corrupted zip." -->
something I think you might have said first thing. ;-) Skimming the results
might lead someone to quickly believe you had a corrupt 7-Zip install and
somehow had a messed up native compression utility as well. ;-)
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