Vista - unable to extract zip files in vista

hi I read the posts on zip file problems but my problem have some different
symptoms. Can someone assist?

I am running a new clean installtion of Vista Enterprise and office 2007
enterprise.
When trying to open or extract compressed or .zip files, the files inside
doesn't open. It shows the contents of the zip folder eg. I can see there is
forinstance 2 Word docs or a pdf file that is compressed. I can see the info
on the file eg. original size and compression ratio, but when i double click
the file, nothing happens. Using the "extract all" command on the folder
results in the message "this folder is empty"

It happens to any .zip file on disk or received on email. Also happens to
any type of file that is compressed - htm, pdf, doc

I ran the registry fix in one of the previous posts on the winhelp.com site
- same problem

thanks

juds wrote:
> hi I read the posts on zip file problems but my problem have some different
> symptoms. Can someone assist?
>
> I am running a new clean installtion of Vista Enterprise and office 2007
> enterprise.
> When trying to open or extract compressed or .zip files, the files inside
> doesn't open. It shows the contents of the zip folder eg. I can see there is
> forinstance 2 Word docs or a pdf file that is compressed. I can see the info
> on the file eg. original size and compression ratio, but when i double click
> the file, nothing happens. Using the "extract all" command on the folder
> results in the message "this folder is empty"
>
> It happens to any .zip file on disk or received on email. Also happens to
> any type of file that is compressed - htm, pdf, doc
>
> I ran the registry fix in one of the previous posts on the winhelp.com site
> - same problem
>
> thanks

Are the zips being blocked? Right click on one and select Properties. At
the bottom of the General tab you will see if it is blocked or not.

That said I don't know if that is the reason why you can't open them but
it sounds like a good place to start

no, there is no blocked indicator on the properties

"Neil Harley" wrote:

> juds wrote:
> > hi I read the posts on zip file problems but my problem have some different
> > symptoms. Can someone assist?
> >
> > I am running a new clean installtion of Vista Enterprise and office 2007
> > enterprise.
> > When trying to open or extract compressed or .zip files, the files inside
> > doesn't open. It shows the contents of the zip folder eg. I can see there is
> > forinstance 2 Word docs or a pdf file that is compressed. I can see the info
> > on the file eg. original size and compression ratio, but when i double click
> > the file, nothing happens. Using the "extract all" command on the folder
> > results in the message "this folder is empty"
> >
> > It happens to any .zip file on disk or received on email. Also happens to
> > any type of file that is compressed - htm, pdf, doc
> >
> > I ran the registry fix in one of the previous posts on the winhelp.com site
> > - same problem
> >
> > thanks
>
> Are the zips being blocked? Right click on one and select Properties. At
> the bottom of the General tab you will see if it is blocked or not.
>
> That said I don't know if that is the reason why you can't open them but
> it sounds like a good place to start
>

Interesting! Does right-clicking on the files (inside the zip folder), and choosing "Copy", and choosing "Paste" in the destination folder work?

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"juds" <juds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89ED7B89-DC82-4CA2-89F9-37F0082D9C0D@microsoft.com...
hi I read the posts on zip file problems but my problem have some different
symptoms. Can someone assist?

I am running a new clean installtion of Vista Enterprise and office 2007
enterprise.
When trying to open or extract compressed or .zip files, the files inside
doesn't open. It shows the contents of the zip folder eg. I can see there is
forinstance 2 Word docs or a pdf file that is compressed. I can see the info
on the file eg. original size and compression ratio, but when i double click
the file, nothing happens. Using the "extract all" command on the folder
results in the message "this folder is empty"

It happens to any .zip file on disk or received on email. Also happens to
any type of file that is compressed - htm, pdf, doc

I ran the registry fix in one of the previous posts on the winhelp.com site
- same problem

thanks

hi, doesn't paste anything either.
The event logs is clean. Also no security failures are logged pertaining to
the problem.
thanks

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Interesting! Does right-clicking on the files (inside the zip folder), and choosing "Copy", and choosing "Paste" in the destination folder work?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "juds" <juds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89ED7B89-DC82-4CA2-89F9-37F0082D9C0D@microsoft.com...
> hi I read the posts on zip file problems but my problem have some different
> symptoms. Can someone assist?
>
> I am running a new clean installtion of Vista Enterprise and office 2007
> enterprise.
> When trying to open or extract compressed or .zip files, the files inside
> doesn't open. It shows the contents of the zip folder eg. I can see there is
> forinstance 2 Word docs or a pdf file that is compressed. I can see the info
> on the file eg. original size and compression ratio, but when i double click
> the file, nothing happens. Using the "extract all" command on the folder
> results in the message "this folder is empty"
>
> It happens to any .zip file on disk or received on email. Also happens to
> any type of file that is compressed - htm, pdf, doc
>
> I ran the registry fix in one of the previous posts on the winhelp.com site
> - same problem
>
> thanks
>

I am having the same problems suddenly - was there ever a resolution to this?

"juds" wrote:

> hi, doesn't paste anything either.
> The event logs is clean. Also no security failures are logged pertaining to
> the problem.
> thanks
>
> "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
>
> > Interesting! Does right-clicking on the files (inside the zip folder), and choosing "Copy", and choosing "Paste" in the destination folder work?
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> >
> >
> > "juds" <juds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89ED7B89-DC82-4CA2-89F9-37F0082D9C0D@microsoft.com...
> > hi I read the posts on zip file problems but my problem have some different
> > symptoms. Can someone assist?
> >
> > I am running a new clean installtion of Vista Enterprise and office 2007
> > enterprise.
> > When trying to open or extract compressed or .zip files, the files inside
> > doesn't open. It shows the contents of the zip folder eg. I can see there is
> > forinstance 2 Word docs or a pdf file that is compressed. I can see the info
> > on the file eg. original size and compression ratio, but when i double click
> > the file, nothing happens. Using the "extract all" command on the folder
> > results in the message "this folder is empty"
> >
> > It happens to any .zip file on disk or received on email. Also happens to
> > any type of file that is compressed - htm, pdf, doc
> >
> > I ran the registry fix in one of the previous posts on the winhelp.com site
> > - same problem
> >
> > thanks
> >

no MS resultion unfortunately. I eventually resorted to installing the
freeware product 7-zip available from http://www.7-zip.org/

"niemie" wrote:

> I am having the same problems suddenly - was there ever a resolution to this?
>
> "juds" wrote:
>
> > hi, doesn't paste anything either.
> > The event logs is clean. Also no security failures are logged pertaining to
> > the problem.
> > thanks
> >
> > "Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:
> >
> > > Interesting! Does right-clicking on the files (inside the zip folder), and choosing "Copy", and choosing "Paste" in the destination folder work?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> > > Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
> > >
> > >
> > > "juds" <juds@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:89ED7B89-DC82-4CA2-89F9-37F0082D9C0D@microsoft.com...
> > > hi I read the posts on zip file problems but my problem have some different
> > > symptoms. Can someone assist?
> > >
> > > I am running a new clean installtion of Vista Enterprise and office 2007
> > > enterprise.
> > > When trying to open or extract compressed or .zip files, the files inside
> > > doesn't open. It shows the contents of the zip folder eg. I can see there is
> > > forinstance 2 Word docs or a pdf file that is compressed. I can see the info
> > > on the file eg. original size and compression ratio, but when i double click
> > > the file, nothing happens. Using the "extract all" command on the folder
> > > results in the message "this folder is empty"
> > >
> > > It happens to any .zip file on disk or received on email. Also happens to
> > > any type of file that is compressed - htm, pdf, doc
> > >
> > > I ran the registry fix in one of the previous posts on the winhelp.com site
> > > - same problem
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >

I found something that worked - for me.

After you have downloaded a zip file a small window comes up that has the choices, 'OPEN' and 'OPEN FILE' - when I click on either one of those, the zip file cannot be opened properly. The same as original post above.

Instead - close the small window without taking either 'open' action.

Then open a 'Computer' file window (Start --> Computer) - find your saved zip file and proceed to open here.

This has worked for me, I don't know why it works this way as opposed to the other.

Try fixing the zip file associations and handlers....

Make sure you backup your registry before doing it..

More Info On this Link

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/0...-folder-drive/


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