Bug 229463

Summary:	Ark doesn't open/extract zip or 7z archives
Product:	kde-windows	Reporter:	confused <d.anielschmid>
Component:	general	Assignee:	KDE-Windows <kde-windows>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	adaptee, ps_ml, rakuco, u.almasov
Priority:	NOR
Version:	4.10
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:

Description confused 2010-03-04 23:11:58 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.4.0)
Compiler:          MSVC 32Bit 
OS:                MS Windows
Installed from:    MS Windows

Some time ago I noticed, that Ark on Windows doesn't open or extract archives in zip or 7z format. The reason is, that the executables are not in [kdedir]\bin directory.
To support *.7z archives I had to copy the 7z.exe to [kdedir]\bin. I used the 7z.exe from a 7z installation.
For *.zip support it needs a zipinfo.exe and an unzip.exe. It seems, that the zipinfo.exe is no longer available, but I think it was replaced by the unzip.exe. So I downloaded the files from http://www.info-zip.org/ (ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/win32/unz600xn.exe), copied the unzip.exe two times to [kdedir]\bin and renamed one of these to zipinfo.exe. It seems to work quite well until now.
I'm using Windows XP SP3 (32 bit) and don't know, if it works on 64 bit (didn't found a 64 bit unzip).

Would it be possible to provide the files via the installer?

Comment 1 Jekyll Wu 2013-06-26 15:17:58 UTC

*** Bug 319323 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Justin Zobel 2021-03-09 23:01:49 UTC

Thank you for the bug report.

As this report hasn't seen any changes in 5 years or more, we ask if you can please confirm that the issue still persists.

If this bug is no longer persisting or relevant please change the status to resolved.

Comment 3 confused 2021-03-10 19:34:23 UTC

Hey Justin,

I no longer use (KDE on) Windows and so I'm not able to re-check the issue. I'm ok with closing it, but as other are in the CC list and a duplicate was created, I want to let others the chance to test and reply here.

If that doesn't make sense, feel free to close it :)

Thanks for taking the time to look through old bug reports!