Dealing with “Cannot open file: it does not appear..” Zip error message - By: Sam Joseph

Zip files generally use “.zip” or “.ZIP” file extensions and the MIME ( Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) media type application/ zip. At times you observe certain errors in the Zip file, which occur due to some Internet problems. These errors generally occur while downloading the Zip file, which leads to its corruption. As a result of the corruption, the data stored in the Zip file gets inaccessible. To overcome such situations, you can restore your data from a recent backup file. However, if you have not maintained a backup, or the backup gets corrupted, then you need to Repair Zip File to retrieve your data.

Consider a practical situation- When you try to open a .zip file after downloading it from a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services document library, you receive the below mentioned error message:

“Cannot open file: it does not appear to be a valid archive. If you downloaded this file, try downloading the file again.”

The data stored in the .zip file becomes inaccessible after the occurrence of the above error message.

Cause:
The above situation generally occurs if the HTTP compression is turned on in the Web Sites properties of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on the SharePoint virtual server. As a result, when you download a zip file, IIS encodes it as GZIP and the browser client passes the file directly to the unzip program, without GZIP decoding the file.

Resolution:
Try resolving the above issue by changing the MIME type for .zip file from application/ x-zip-compresses to application/ octet-stream. To do so, follow the steps below:

In the Start menu, select the Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager in the Administrative tools option.
Then, expand the server (local computer), right click Web Sites and click Properties.
Click MIME types and scroll down the registered MIME type list to find the .zip entry.
Then you need to click .zip application/x- zip-compressed entry and then click Edit.
Change the MIME types value to application/ octet-stream.
Lastly, stop and then restart the IIS Admin Service to apply the changes.

In most cases, the above given resolutions will help you to resolve the Zip related issues. But, if the problem persists, then Repair Zip File to retrieve and restore the data from the corrupted .zip file. Incorporating highly powerful scanning algorithms, these Zip Repair applications ensure complete retrieval and restoration of your data.

Stellar Phoenix Zip Recovery is specially designed to fix all the Zip related issues orderly and successfully. The software maintains the integrity of data with its non-destructive nature. Built with high graphical rich user interface, the Zip Repair utility is easy to use and understand. The read-only application is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2003, and 2000 operating systems.

About the Author

Sam is a self employed Internet entrepreneur and product reviewer. This Repair Zip File utility is extremely useful when the zip file gets corrupted due to internal program errors, hardware malfunctioning and more. This Zip Repair software recovers all types of zip file components & repair it also.

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