I can's UNZIP anything

[apopilot]

Everything I have tried to unzip has failed or stated it has a corrupt file. It can not be a coincidence that everything I have download in the past 2 weeks is corrupt. I tried both WINZIP and WINDOWS standard zip program. Is there a way I can fix this and I do not know why its corrupt?

 

[Ricemarine]

have you tried winrar.

 

[apopilot]

I installed WINRAR and then uninstalled it. Do you think this caused the problem?

 

[whatho45]

doubtful...but you never can know...

 

[P0ldy]

Are you downloading from IE? Are they in your temp dir? I know I've gotten corrupt zips in temp files for whatever reason. Can you zip and unzip something locally?

 

[apopilot]

None of my zip work properly. The odds are this is not the file itself and something with my system. Any ideas?

 

[Brazen]

you got me stumped. Maybe check your file association. I use 7-zip myself.

 

[apopilot]

Nothing is unzipping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nithin]

try 7zip. also try to find files with md5sums and then compare your downloaded file to it.
do the sizes match?

 

[swaq]

Definitely check md5sums. If they aren't matching it is possible you're having memory errors. Memtest86 is good for checking memory.

 

[Phoenix86]

I think I have seen this problem before...
Corruption 101

I'd start off with a scandisk and memtest86+.

 

[apopilot]

how do I scan my disk? How do I start CHKDISK?

 

[apopilot]

Can not find a solution to this problem? Any ideas?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Last time I heard of someone at work with "corrupted zip" issues it was a virus issue. Check the virus/spyware sticky in the Software forum.

 

[apopilot]

I have no viruses, scanned with 3 programs.

 

[xtknight]

Clear your internet cache. IE will corrupt zips when its cache gets too full and you use the 'Open' download feature instead of 'Save'.

 

[apopilot]

Nope that did not work either.

 

[BigLar]

See a urologist or laundry soon...

 

[apopilot]

Thanks for that remarkable comment. In the meantime, its sounds like no one has a solution. Thank you for your efforts.

 

[Phoenix86]

How'd the scandisk/memtest go?

 

[apopilot]

Perfect!