.zip files no longer open

I just downloaded the automatic update to version 3.6.9 of Firefox but I can no longer open .zip files on a certain page which I access using Firefox. I am using 7-zip. Normally, I would just click to open them, but now the screen flashes black for less than a second, not allowing them to open.
Any ideas? Thanks.

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Since it's a file download, there's no reason to add the target="_blank", I'm guessing your file is 404 for some reason which would give you a blank window per the target.
Make sure the case structure of the file and link are identical. Servers are case sensitive, a server sees CheckIPApp.zip and checkIPApp.zip as totally different files. Your local OS sees them as the same thing so during local testing it will work, when uploaded, it won't.
Make sure you've loaded the file onto the server at the exact location specified by the link. It should be in a folder called "Zip Files" that resides on the same directory level as the page that the link is on.
You may also want to normalize your file names. They should be all lower case alpha-numerics without any spaces (use hyphens or underscores instead) and without special characters ($%&*). You can use DW's Files window to change names and DW will fix the links automatically.

BO Live Office - Excel files no longer opening

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I've been running into a problem and only encountered it when installing BO Live Office. On my old computer, I used to be able to click on an Excel file that was on my desktop, for example, and then Excel would automatically open up and open the file. Then when I downloaded Live Office, I was no longer able to do this. Now everytime I click on an Excel file (no matter where it is located), I keep getting an error. Excel opens, but it tells me "There was a problem sending the command to the program."
At first I thought it was just my computer messing up and or something else was going wrong, but now I'm not so sure. I just recently got a new computer and I tried out opening an Excel file (from my desktop, for example) and it worked. Then I went and installed Live Office with the latest FixPack, etc. Once I installed it, it would no longer let me open an Excel File by clicking on the file. I keep getting the same error - "There was a problem sending the command to the program."
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Hi,
I also had the same issue (from couple of months) after we upgraded and it was very very frustating until I saw this post.
Thanks a lot Tracy.
I added "%1" at the end in the field labeled u2018Application used to perform action:u2019
"......\Microsoft Office\Office12\EXCEL.EXE" "%1" /e
The excel files are now opening. But there is also a message along with it. It says as below.
>>>
Windows cannot find '<excel file name goes here>'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To searcg for a file, click the Start button, and then click Search.
>>>
It's odd that the file is opening fine even though the above message shows up. This happens to every .XLS and .XLSX file. Atleast the file is opening now, which is great!
I am not sure how to fix the warning message.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks again.
Edited by: Prapoorna Kolan on Aug 24, 2011 5:20 PM
Edited by: Prapoorna Kolan on Aug 24, 2011 5:21 PM

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Since upgrading to Windows 7 64bit, I can no longer rely on the integrity of Cp4's project files. Again, I have another three .cp files that will no longer open in Captivate 4. When I attempt to open them, absolutely nothing happens... that means no error message, nothing...
But I know the files are not actually 'bad' because they will all open successfully in Captivate 5.5 beta. Unfortunately, neither 5.0 nor 5.5 offer backwards compatibility in Export or Save As.
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I have encountered this problem far too many times. Perhaps it is time to finally upgrade to Cp 5?
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Then try importing the slides, File / Import / Slides/Objects and select the 'corrupt' file and see if the slides are appearing there to import . I've had issues in the past and this normally gets round it.
If all else fails feel free to send a copy up to yousendit.com (or another similar site) and PM me the link, i'll take a look at it for you
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Zip file won't open

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the differences in iPhoto versions and the possibility of their being
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Although it may not help the situation, there also are other
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the compressed file; but only if there is adequate space in
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The Unarchiver - an alternative to BOMArchiveHelper. app:
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Accessing the jpg images should be relatively easy if they
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version from the older OS. This is where your description
is a bit lost on me. There is a way to make backups and
also copies of the iPhoto libraries themselves; but there
have been some issues (supposedly addressed) in how
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version of iPhoto.
If there is not enough free space in a computer to open
a large compressed file (and run the apps, swap files
and other Virtual Memory the computer needs to work)
then the file should be opened elsewhere.
A computer's hard disk drive, where the system resides,
should never be more than 80% full. Mine are 50% full.
Backups to DVDs of images, music and other works in
progress could be made to safeguard them. Some types
of libraries may not be the best way to do this; in the case
of my own images, I do not use iPhoto. My jpg and other
images are saved by date into folders, by year; any edits
are saved in their own folder in the date folder, direct from
the camera into a new folder on the desktop. One of my
favorite apps is ToyViewer for image editing, a freeware.
{My edits also are not very complex since I try to duplicate
my skills as a film photographer, in the new digital world.
Photoshop & other alterations take away from experience.
If I were to take 10 hours painting my images fantastic, I
could hardly justify not just taking up fine art. I can do it.
Simple resizings, rotations and rename images= editing.}
Please explain in more detail about the way the image in
the older computer were archived, and where; and what
they were a part of. I don't know if I understand correctly.
PS: If the image file you compressed (assuming it is only
images and not part of the older iPhoto app) you could
try to see if using FireWire target disk mode could be used
to get the files direct from the iBook hard drive into another
computer; not sure what MacBook you have, some new
ones lost the FireWire ports. The compressed file could
be moved from iBook to another computer & opened there.
Good luck & happy computing!
edited.

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