Winzip Errors

This page outlines the winzip errors which I have discovered - to date a single instance!

I have twice needed to contact winzip with questions not answered on their website and in both cases received a very prompt and accurate reply, so don't hesitate to ask...

In this instance I was using winzip self extractor to create PC Property Manager exe files for download. My technique was to run installshield then using windows explorer right click on the disk 1 folder and select "send to zip". I'd then copy the file from my development PC to a second PC and create the Self Extractor file. Worked great for over a year and then suddenly I got errors when trying to test the .exe file.

The errors were numbers 0 & 2 and another nasty

  • Error 2 running command .\setup.exe
  • Error 0 running command .\setup.exe
  • Please go to the control panel to install and configure system components

No need to imagine the flap that last one puts a novice user into!

So what caused all this?

Simple - the last time I'd used winzip classic I had checked the "save full path info" and that meant that the files weren't extracted into the location I'd expected. In my case they were going into a subfolder called "Disk1". Turn that off, and hey presto, everything works just fine.