Guest Ed Mc Posted October 18, 2008 Posted October 18, 2008 I compressed some music files using right click> send to> compressed folder. Now when I migrate to the files and click extract all, I get 'error reading file' message. Or, one time I got a msg saying the file was password protected. (Which it never was). Is there a trick I'm unaware of to extract the songs? TIA. -- Semper Fi
Guest philo Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 Re: zip file help "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:YrednS9O3Pxx92fVnZ2dnUVZ_sDinZ2d@comcast.com... > I compressed some music files using right click> send to> > compressed folder. Now when I migrate to the files and click extract > all, I get 'error reading file' message. Or, one time I got a msg > saying the file was password protected. (Which it never was). Is there > a trick I'm unaware of to extract the songs? TIA. > -- > Semper Fi I'd try again... if it still does not work, use a third party Zip utility such as Free Zip or 7-Zip
Guest Bob Harris Posted October 19, 2008 Posted October 19, 2008 Re: zip file help XP has its own type of compression, which is (in theory) transparent to the user. I never invoke this option, since such files may be readable only via XP. In contrast, a file or folder compressed with WINZIP, WINACE, WINRAR, 7ZIPS can be read on most PCs and even some MACS. When you say "migrate" are you moving the files to a different computer and/or a different operating system? That may not work with XP compression. Addtionally, one can have encrypted files under XP. Again, the operating system handles all the details. But, if you reinstall XP, even with the same user and the same password, that will fail. Ditto for reading such files outside of XP. If the problem is only "compression", you have some hope that another PC with the same operating system can open the files. If the problem is "encryption", then you have little hope, unless you made a proper backup of the keys. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306531 http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6134552.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308993 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/223316/ "Ed Mc" <namvtn@comcast.invalid> wrote in message news:YrednS9O3Pxx92fVnZ2dnUVZ_sDinZ2d@comcast.com... > I compressed some music files using right click> send to> compressed > folder. Now when I migrate to the files and click extract all, I get > 'error reading file' message. Or, one time I got a msg saying the file was > password protected. (Which it never was). Is there a trick I'm unaware of > to extract the songs? TIA. > -- > Semper Fi
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