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Re: [disklavier] P-e-C zip files
2004-02-09 by PianoBench@aol.com
I appreciate your comments, CCW, but I don't understand the problem. As I indicated in my recent post, I had no trouble unzipping these files using Windows XP Professional without resorting to any other utilities.
Regards,
PianoBench
In a message dated 2/9/04 2:16:43 PM, chine@erols.com writes:
The incompatibility (only happens when using Windows XP's native compressed folder feature) is with the directory name inside the piano-e-competition zip files. The comma is the culprit. I was able to reproduce the problem with completely different files under a directory name that includes a comma (and problem vanished once re-zipped using a directory name without comma).
Now, for end users the problem is easy to deal with - just install any of a number of free utilities (such as WinZip) and the downloaded PeC files can be extracted. Let's remember that prior to Windows XP, users had to do that in order to unzip ANY zipped file anyway. But if Yamaha wants to maximize the distribution and usage of these files, it would be nice to have them re-zipped for download (with either comma-free directory names, or simply without the extra directory level).