Vista Problem Extracting ZIP Files
If you run Windows Vista you may have encountered one its many bugs if you’ve ever tried to unzip a compressed file. A file with a ZIP extension is simply one or several files that have been compressed into a single, smaller file. It’s common when downloading files from the Internet to get them in ZIP format.
This evening I was reminded of the issue when I downloaded a fairly small ZIP file. It contained 580 files but was less than 2MBs so it should have unzipped in a few seconds. Using Vista extraction would have taken over an hour!
Hopefully Microsoft will come out with a patch soon but in the meantime I’d suggest downloading the free 7-Zip program HERE.
Using 7-Zip I extracted all 580 files in about 2 seconds. Sure beats waiting 1+ hour using the Vista method!
Regards,
-Bert
