I have never heard of a zip that comes in parts like a rar does.. I'm up
for learning anytime.. and in this particular zip was one file, a
graphic.. one image! You are right, I was talking about a cam zip
utitlity.. had 7zip on my mind.. lol thanks for all the information..
had trouble with the 7zip and file association.. I had so many unzip
utilities on my computer, I had to uninstall the ones I wasn't going to
use... then went to folder options to make sure zips were associated
with 7zip. It wasn't! . Thanks for wading through my explanation.. I
appreciate the input and all the new information.. and No I didn't know
this.. I have had a computer for 10 years or more and have never seen a
zip that depends on other parts of the zip like a rar does.. Is that
what you mean by Multipart? hugs rainy
"Shenan Stanley" <newshelper******.com> wrote in message
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> 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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