# 7zip problems (file broken)... WTF?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7zip-problems-file-broken-wtf/12427>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [May 23, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7zip-problems-file-broken-wtf/12427 "2006-05-23T15:00:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7zip-problems-file-broken-wtf/12427/1 "2006-05-23T15:00:12Z")

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Anyone here use this program at all? I just got it (needed it to open a file) and nothing that I’ve used it to open so far has worked. Always get an error saying “file is broken”. Anyone have any idea wtf thats all about?

never had a problem with rars or zip (atleast, not since pkzip/unzip :P) files… is this common? any known fixes? I did a google search and found a few people having the same problem but thats about it

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**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7zip-problems-file-broken-wtf/12427/2 "2006-05-23T15:08:27Z")

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not looking good.

how many zip files are there?

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**Author:** ![BuickGN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/buickgn/32/7200_2.png) [@BuickGN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BuickGN)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7zip-problems-file-broken-wtf/12427/3 "2006-05-23T15:20:21Z")

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so get winrar

winrar\> EVERYTHING

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**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7zip-problems-file-broken-wtf/12427/4 "2006-05-23T16:04:30Z")

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:word:

If it’s a downloaded file clear your browser cache, and download it again. It’s rare but it can happen.

Otherwise sounds quite dead.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7zip-problems-file-broken-wtf/12427/5 "2006-05-24T04:59:03Z")

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heh… that figures.

tried opening it with winrar before I even downloaded 7zip and didnt work (then again, I tried opening a file with the extension .001 or something similar opposed to the main file)

tried opening the main file and NO problems what so ever… bugs me that I’ve deleted a few gigs worth of those files thinking that they werent working though… 7zip FTL

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**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7zip-problems-file-broken-wtf/12427/6 "2006-05-24T09:11:02Z")

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Maybe you have a broken installation of 7zip? If you were using the beta try the stable version (or vice versa)