Winzip zip files incompatible with XP ?
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Today, I sent a zip file (winzip 11) to a client and he told me that XP does not recognize the file. I never tried to extract a zip file with XP's integrated "zip", I always used WinZip. and indeed, it could not open the zip file. Is there a way to either make WinZip compatible with XP or make XP read those files ? I know I could ask that client to use WinZip, but it's not always easy to ask them to install another new software. Thanks.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
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Today, I sent a zip file (winzip 11) to a client and he told me that XP does not recognize the file. I never tried to extract a zip file with XP's integrated "zip", I always used WinZip. and indeed, it could not open the zip file. Is there a way to either make WinZip compatible with XP or make XP read those files ? I know I could ask that client to use WinZip, but it's not always easy to ask them to install another new software. Thanks.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
If you used WinZip 9.0 or later, and maximum compression (likely the default setting), then XP can't recognize it as the 9.0 and later compression technique is proprietary (or at least not recognized by earlier versions or XP).
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Today, I sent a zip file (winzip 11) to a client and he told me that XP does not recognize the file. I never tried to extract a zip file with XP's integrated "zip", I always used WinZip. and indeed, it could not open the zip file. Is there a way to either make WinZip compatible with XP or make XP read those files ? I know I could ask that client to use WinZip, but it's not always easy to ask them to install another new software. Thanks.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
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Today, I sent a zip file (winzip 11) to a client and he told me that XP does not recognize the file. I never tried to extract a zip file with XP's integrated "zip", I always used WinZip. and indeed, it could not open the zip file. Is there a way to either make WinZip compatible with XP or make XP read those files ? I know I could ask that client to use WinZip, but it's not always easy to ask them to install another new software. Thanks.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
One of the compression options in the later versions of WinZip is "Maximum (Portable)" which is supposed to be a "standard" format that other tools can read. You could try rebuilding your ZIP file using that option. HTH, Conor GLoSS: Screensaver for Gallery 2
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Today, I sent a zip file (winzip 11) to a client and he told me that XP does not recognize the file. I never tried to extract a zip file with XP's integrated "zip", I always used WinZip. and indeed, it could not open the zip file. Is there a way to either make WinZip compatible with XP or make XP read those files ? I know I could ask that client to use WinZip, but it's not always easy to ask them to install another new software. Thanks.
Maximilien Lincourt Your Head A Splode - Strong Bad
Another possible reason is that XP cannot handle files within a ZIP that are larger than 2GB, or ZIP files larger than 2GB.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
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:laugh: Really now... Is there some good reason for a Winzip 11?? I mean come on, is Zip technology really moving that fast? Why do we need to upgrade 3 times, in the span of the XP O/S Lifetime?? I stopped using winzip, after paying for like 4 licenses, on upgrades...I realized I was being Flim-Flammed. I am a developer, and I fully understand the need for getting paid for what we do. But this is getting ridiculous. I have several PC's, and would submit that under these crazy licensing schemes, few of us can be fully in compliance with all the licensing stipulations. Peace, Love and Free Willy! We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.
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Another possible reason is that XP cannot handle files within a ZIP that are larger than 2GB, or ZIP files larger than 2GB.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder
I think most PCs are using FAT32 by now, so the 2GB barrier is not an issue.
Paul Watson wrote: Like, if you say sort of, like, you know, one more, you know, time, I'm going to, like, you know, sort of sort you out, you know.
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I think most PCs are using FAT32 by now, so the 2GB barrier is not an issue.
Paul Watson wrote: Like, if you say sort of, like, you know, one more, you know, time, I'm going to, like, you know, sort of sort you out, you know.
That's not the issue. The issue is that the classic ZIP file format used 32-bit fields to store the uncompressed and compressed file sizes. The ZIP64 extensions which add new 64-bit fields are older than Windows XP, but not by very much - a year or so. Windows XP's built-in ZIP handling does not support them. There's a KB article on this somewhere. I recently hit this problem myself. Also, I strongly suspect most PCs are now using NTFS, but that's not relevant either.
Stability. What an interesting concept. -- Chris Maunder