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> WinZip doesn't recognize WinZipped files or programs
Denise_M1
post Apr 16 2009, 12:27 AM
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Hi,

I have Windows XP Pro x64.

I've downloaded and installed several versions of WinZip but none of them can unzip WinZip programs. WinZip used to unzip WinZipped programs for me though. It stopped doing it about a week ago. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it but it didn't help. Right now I have WinZip 12.0 installed. The icons are the kind that appear when a computer doesn't recognize the type of file that's in a computer (shown in the attachment) and asks you which program it should use to open it.

Does anyone know what's going on and how I can get WinZip to work again?
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Denise_M1
post Apr 16 2009, 02:38 AM
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Hi Mohit,

I tried your suggestion but I received the message that says that WinZip could open the file but it might not run properly/look proper after it's been unzipped (paraphrasing). I tried several programs and received the same message.

To be on the safe side, I ran MBAM, SUPERAntiSpyware and Avast in High mode to see if I picked up malware but only a few cookies were found by SUPERAntiSpywre.
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- Denise_M1   WinZip doesn't recognize WinZipped files or programs   Apr 16 2009, 12:27 AM
- - Doug   Hi Denise, What is the association for zip extens...   Apr 16 2009, 01:17 AM
- - Denise_M1   Hi Doug, The file extensions are .zip   Apr 16 2009, 01:43 AM
- - Denise_M1   P.S. (The edit function wouldn't work) When ...   Apr 16 2009, 01:46 AM
- - Mohit   Hello Denise. Try right-clicking on the zipped fil...   Apr 16 2009, 01:48 AM
- - Denise_M1   Hi Mohit, I tried your suggestion but I received ...   Apr 16 2009, 02:38 AM
- - Denise_M1   I kept downloading and installing different versio...   Apr 16 2009, 08:34 AM
- - Doug   It may remain a mystery, but you just can't ar...   Apr 16 2009, 09:27 AM
- - Denise_M1   Thanks Doug . . . I downloaded 7-Zip. It'll ...   Apr 17 2009, 12:08 AM

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