Possible bug with encrypted ZIPs created by v6.02 maybe??

[DRP535]

Couldn't find any mention of this yet so far. Has anyone else noticed that encrypted ZIPs created with v6.02 cannot be handled by any other application other than TC v6.02?

By that, I mean if you create an encrypted ZIP with TC v6.02 nothing else apart from TC v6.02 will be able to extract it again. Not WinRAR, WinZIP, WinACE, hell not even earlier versions of TC such as v6.01, v6.0 or v5.51 either.

Is there a bug maybe in the way 6.02 does its zipping?

[Clo]

 Hello !
• I don't confirm this. I just tested a ZIP made with 6.02 unpack >>> WinRar, it works fine... I use the library WCMZIP32.DLL, 32 KB, Sept. 29, 2001.
• WinRar asks for the password, then all runs normally. Under Win98SE.
- Please, some minimall infos, PC, OS, the ZIP DLL you use... ?
  Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[ghisler(Author)]

What did you use as the password? Maybe you used some characters which shouldn't be used but which aren't filtered out by TC?

[silencer]

I have the same problem, and backwards

when I create a password protected zip file with TC, I can't extract it with winzip or winrar.

the same problem occurs backwards,
password protected zip file created with winzip, I can't extract it with TC, but it can with winrar.



Using:
TC 6.02, Winzip 8.1, Winrar 3.11, WinXP Pro, WCMZIP32.DLL, 32 KB, Sept. 29, 2001.(from clubtotal)

[DRP535]

What did you use as the password? Maybe you used some characters which shouldn't be used but which aren't filtered out by TC?

The password was nothing out of the ordinary or special in any way - just 'abcde'

[DRP535]

 Hello !
• I don't confirm this. I just tested a ZIP made with 6.02 unpack >>> WinRar, it works fine... I use the library WCMZIP32.DLL, 32 KB, Sept. 29, 2001.
• WinRar asks for the password, then all run normally. Under Win98SE.
- Please, some minimall infos, PC, OS, the ZIP DLL you use... ?

800Mhz Duron, 384MB RAM, W2KPro SP3, the standard ZIP DLL that comes packaged up in v6.02.

[DRP535]

Forget it. I have found a solution to the problem that works

[Clo]

2DRP535
  Hi !

…the standard ZIP DLL that comes packaged up in v6.02…

• … doesn't support passwords !

  Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[ghisler(Author)]

2DRP535
So what was the problem?

[DRP535]

2DRP535
So what was the problem?

I don't know the cause of the problem but it doesn't matter now because I've solved it anyway.

[hummus]

I had the same problem myself - but with a harder twist.
Password protected zip files created at work through TC - could not be opened through WinRar. Moreover - when sent to home - I couldn't open them at home neither with WinRar, nor with TC. Both TCs (Home and Work) have the same "wcmzip32.dll" file so I have no idea why I was unable to open those files at home.
I had to open them at work again and send them unprotected to home.

[Genghis86]

2DRP535
So what was the problem?

I don't know the cause of the problem but it doesn't matter now because I've solved it anyway.

HOW DID U SOLVE IT

[Clo]

2Genghis86
Hi !
• DRP535 told here that he used the standard DLL provided in the TC archive. It doesn't support passwords. Since I said him what DLL I used successfully, he changed it, I guess...
* You can get the right DLL here : wcmzip32.zip "Zip avec mot de passe"
* Please, make a backup, or change its attributes as "Read only", or else it should be overwritten at each TC-update.

  KR
Claude
Clo

[DRP535]

2Genghis in Canada (or something like that)

If you PM me with an e-mail address - I didn't look at your profile BTW - then I will tell you what my specific problem was and how I managed to solve it. Be aware though that the problem I had may or may not be the reason why you are experiencing the same issue. In fact I dare say it probably isn't the same - but only you will know that for sure.

[Black Dog]

[face=courier]On 21-05-2004 05:19:07 +0000 DRP535 wrote:

D> If you PM me with an e-mail address

This forum doesn't support PMs...[/face]