Re: can't see files in compressed folder

From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/25/04


Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 20:19:51 +1000

Type zipfldr in help while online. Read it carefully as if you ask, as 90% of people do, "how do I get it" you'll be treated as an idiot.

Though the server one should be ok, it's just that XP will/may replace it at some stage with the faulty one (Windows File Protection/System File Checker).

It is caused by an update and the update will also be in help (buffer overrun hotfix).

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And the band played ....
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
"Alex" <nospam@spam.spam> wrote in message news:OLt6sCkQEHA.1644@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Yes, and removing the comma has fixed the problem.
> 
> Is there a patch expected for this do you know ?
> 
> Do you know when this bug crept in, because by all accounts things were
> working fine until I patched this guys machine several weeks ago - but you
> can never trust users to be factually correct ;)
> 
> 
> "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:uR$7K8jQEHA.1440@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Any of the filenames got commas in them.
> 
> -- 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> And the band played ....
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/14/1084289883713.html
> "Alex" <nospam@spam.spam> wrote in message
> news:Ojhug3jQEHA.3012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a compressed 'zip' folder that's been sent to me and I can't see
> the
> > files in it on my windows XP machine.
> >
> > If I scan it for viruses using McAfee on my machine, it see's and scans
> and
> > lists the files just fine.
> > If i use winzip on another machine I can see the files just fine.
> > If I use windows 2003 server to open the file then it see's the files just
> > fine i.e. more up to date version of compressed folders.
> >
> > My problem is no Windows XP machines are able to see the contents of the
> > Compressed 'Zip' folder.  Everyone I've tried it on is fully patched.
> I've
> > never experienced this problem before and can see the contents of other
> > compressed 'zip' folders and create them just fine.
> >
> > I'm worried that my users may receive more files like this from the source
> > they got them from and seeing that win2k3 opens it just fine I wondered if
> > there was any fix available?
> >
> > tia
> > alex
> >
> >
> 
> 


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