zip file help

[Guest Ed Mc]

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.

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Semper Fi

[Guest philo]

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]

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