Zip is the most popular file format to store files and folders in zipped or compressed form. The Zip files are easy to send over network and save disk space when they are stored on your computer hard drive. In order to access data from Zip file, you need to extract it. But in some situations, while extracting a Zip file, Windows may block the extraction process. This behavior of Microsoft Windows makes the Zip file inaccessible and cause critical data loss situations. To resolve such issue, Zip Recovery is required.
Sometimes while attempting to extract a Zip file to access data from it, you might come across the below given error message:
“Windows has blocked the file c:\program\file from being extracted.
Would you like to continue trying to extract files, skip all further blocked
file notifications, or cancel the extract operation?”
After this error message, the Zip file extraction process gets halted and therefore you can’t access the stored data from this file. At this point, you should find out the cause of this problem and carry out Zip Repair by fixing this issue.
Root of the issue
You may come across this error message if any of the following conditions are true:
. The Zip file or archive that you are attempting to extract includes some virus affected files and thus Microsoft Windows doesn’t allow this file to get extracted due to the security reasons.
. The Zip file has got damaged due to virus attack; improper system shutdown and application errors and thus WinZip can’t recognize and extract it.
In both of the above situations, you will come across data loss situations and to avoid the nasty effects of the same, you are required to resolve these situations.
Resolution
There are two possible solutions available to sort out this problem:
. If the virus infection is cause of this problem, use anti-virus software to scan the file and remove viruses.
. If you are experiencing this problem due Zip file corruption, use zip recovery software to repair and restore the file.
These software are particularly designed to repair damaged Zip file and extract it. Powerful and advanced algorithms are used by these software to achieve absolute zip repair. These software are fairly easy to use and thus do not require sound and prior technical skills to get your data back.
Stellar Phoenix Zip Recovery is the most comprehensive and advanced tool to resolve most of the Zip corruption issues. It works well with WinZip 5.0 to 11.1. This software is compatible with Microsoft Windows Vista, 2003, XP, 2000, NT and ME.
