ZIP file created in OS X won't open correctly in XP

Hi there,
I created a ZIP file of a 196MB folder (full of pictures) in OS X using the right-click, "Compress." When a friend tried to unzip this file in Windows XP, the only file inside the archive was a 0KB file titled _MACOSX. The ZIP file itself was still the correct size, but it was essentially 196MB of empty space. When I open the same ZIP file on my Mac, everything appears as it should,
Any thoughts/ideas? Thanks, in advance, for your help.

You're right - my friend was trying with the built-in XP ZIP support.
I'll have him try one of those programs. Thanks.

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