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Name: foamdeer
Date: May 22, 2008 at 07:19:10 Pacific
Subject: Help! Cant open zipped files w/ pas
OS: XP
CPU/Ram: Pentium D 2GB RAM
Model/Manufacturer: HP Media Center
Comment:

I have some compressed password protected files on my computer. I recently did a defrag on my hard drive and the passwords no longer work for any of my zipped files!!! Is there anything I can do to open these files, or am i screwed?


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Response Number 1
Name: Tubesandwires
Date: May 22, 2008 at 10:04:12 Pacific
Subject: Help! Cant open zipped files w/ pas
Reply: (edit)

A defrag would have no effect regarding that - what else did you do?
What are the file names - RIGHT click on them, look at the Properties of them, and include the file extension.


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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser
Date: May 22, 2008 at 10:08:47 Pacific
Subject: Help! Cant open zipped files w/ pas
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I agree with Tubes. There really is no correlation between hard drive defrag & compressed password-protected files.

i_Xp/VistaUser


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Response Number 3
Name: foamdeer
Date: May 22, 2008 at 10:18:05 Pacific
Subject: Help! Cant open zipped files w/ pas
Reply: (edit)

thats the only thing i could think of that i have done differently. is there anything i can do to view the files?


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Response Number 4
Name: XpUser
Date: May 22, 2008 at 10:20:54 Pacific
Subject: Help! Cant open zipped files w/ pas
Reply: (edit)

No - there is no way you can access the file or files in the zipped file without the correct password - according to the following article.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306531

i_Xp/VistaUser


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Response Number 5
Name: per
Date: May 22, 2008 at 10:21:09 Pacific
Subject: Help! Cant open zipped files w/ pas
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Have you looked in google? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...


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Response Number 6
Name: foamdeer
Date: May 22, 2008 at 11:06:15 Pacific
Subject: Help! Cant open zipped files w/ pas
Reply: (edit)

oh god... im stupid. nm, i figured it out. thanks for the help guys!


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Response Number 7
Name: XpUser
Date: May 22, 2008 at 11:09:16 Pacific
Subject: Help! Cant open zipped files w/ pas
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Care to tell us how you solved it so that others having the same problem will benefit?

i_Xp/VistaUser


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