Issue: Whenever my client tried to open a
.zip files from SharePoint it throws the below error message.
Background: One of my clients had zipped the
.excel files in on his local desktop and uploaded to SharePoint site. There
files contains the project level information and was needed to extract after
two years. When he clicked the file to open from SharePoint had encountered the
issue.
Now the task
begins of a SharePoint admin.
Troubleshooting:
Tried to
open the file from SharePoint site, no go.
Downloaded
the file on desktop of the client, no go.
Tried the
same steps at my end, no success.
Strange this
accessing file on SharePoint server also does give the same error.
With the
above basic stuff, it was clear that it is something to deal with the zip file
itself as it doesn’t seems to be SharePoint issue anymore.
Being a digger
try to dig some more in it and seems like something to deal with the excel
documents zipped may be was in protected mode.
Client was
having no clue for this.
Resolution: Tried
to find the Repair tool on the internet and million thanks to Christina Marley
who created a zip file repair utility which when ran has repaired the file and
is available for download here.
Asked
the user to download the files and repair them with the utility.
However,
you can also find some other relevant repairing tools which may provide the
evaluation version or you may need to buy the licence version of the tool.
If you feel any difficulty in understanding the tool or
have any query I would be happier to help you.
Applied
to: SharePoint 2007, WinZip, and WinRAR. Windows XP.
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