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Bug 739665 - encrypted zip file won't open on Windows platform
encrypted zip file won't open on Windows platform
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: file-roller
Classification: Applications
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: file-roller-maint
file-roller-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2014-11-05 12:55 UTC by aboba0
Modified: 2020-11-11 19:12 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
contains two files, file-roller_fail.zip compressed/encrypted w file-roller and won't open on windows, zip_success.zip compressed/encrypted w zip and opens on Windows (3.00 KB, application/x-tar)
2014-11-05 12:55 UTC, aboba0
Details

Description aboba0 2014-11-05 12:55:23 UTC
Created attachment 290016 [details]
contains two files, file-roller_fail.zip compressed/encrypted w file-roller and won't open on windows, zip_success.zip compressed/encrypted w zip and opens on Windows 

Steps to reproduce:
  1. select file in UI
  2. right-click
  3. select compress from context menu
  4. set/confirm file extension is .zip
  5. expand "Other Options"
  6. enter a password
  7. click Create
  8. transfer to user with Windows 7 SP1 32-bit or 64-bit or Windows 8.1 64-bit
  9. in Windows open zip file
  10. attempt to open file in archive, error message Title:"Compressed (zipped) Folders Error", Text:"Windows cannot complete the extraction.\n\nThe destination file could not be created." is displayed

  expected result
  1. on Windows open zip file
  2. attempt to open encrypted file
  3. get prompt for password
  4. enter password
  5. file opens

NOTE1: this used to work
NOTE2: if the file is compressed with zip instead of file-roller it can be opened as expected on Windows platforms

The attachment contains two files. One archive compressed/encrypted with file-roller, named file-roller_fail.zip, and the other compressed/encrypted with zip, named zip_success.zip.

Both zip files have the same text file for content, demo.txt

Password abcd123 used for both methods.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2014-11-06 13:52:39 UTC
Which file-roller version?
Comment 2 aboba0 2014-11-07 01:14:28 UTC
3.10.2.1
Comment 3 André Klapper 2020-11-11 19:12:32 UTC
bugzilla.gnome.org is being replaced by gitlab.gnome.org. We are closing all old bug reports and feature requests in GNOME Bugzilla which have not seen updates for a long time.

If you still use file-roller and if you still see this bug / want this feature in a currently supported version of GNOME (currently that would be 3.38), then please feel free to report it at https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/issues/

Thank you for creating this report and we are sorry it could not be implemented (volunteer workforce and time is limited).