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Old 30-05-2006, 12:34 PM   #1
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Hi, I'm new here. I was trying to download Amazing Spider-Man. I managed OK, and then when I tried to open it, I got this: Compressed (zipped) folder error: File skipped unknown compression method.
I have Windows XP .
Any ideas anyone?
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Old 30-05-2006, 12:42 PM   #2
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Amazing Spider-Man is archived, and thus needs to be opened with WinRar or WinZip. Have you tried using those programs? If you don't know how to use them, please post here and I'll tell you.
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Old 30-05-2006, 01:22 PM   #3
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yeah win rar is good for ziped games winzip is a little more basic stick with win rar
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Old 30-05-2006, 01:42 PM   #4
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You get that error message because you don't use the latest version of the right archiver. We recommend WinRar, but if it still fails then download the latest version of WinZip and try again.
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Old 30-05-2006, 01:52 PM   #5
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the only problem with winzip is that its a trail well so is win rar but win rar is a little bit better
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Old 30-05-2006, 03:59 PM   #6
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Don't use XP's ZIP function. Use WinZip or WinRar, and NOT through its context menu.
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Old 31-05-2006, 03:45 AM   #7
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Some of the latest zips can't be opened with windows. But, like has been said so many time so far, a third party archiver will do the trick.
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Old 02-06-2006, 02:06 AM   #8
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QUOTE(Abi79 @ May 30 2006, 08:42 AM) [snapback]233260[/snapback]
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Amazing Spider-Man is archived, and thus needs to be opened with WinRar or WinZip. Have you tried using those programs? If you don't know how to use them, please post here and I'll tell you.
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Thanks for your reply. I downloaded WinRar and it seems to have downloaded fine. Then I tried to open the Spider-Man again, and my computer automatically tried to open it with the Extraction Wizard, and again, got stuck with the same error message that the File skipped unknown compression method.
So now,... any more ideas how to get my computer to use the WinRar and not the Extraction Wizard?

Thanks.
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Old 02-06-2006, 02:18 AM   #9
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Ok everyone.... I just managed to get the WinRar installed correctly and it seems to be working, but I now have a new problem.

The Spider man starts, but instead of one image on the screen, I have 4 identical small ones, and the bottom two are flashing. It's very annoying and obviously not right.

Has anyone else come across this and what did I do wrong, or are some of my settings on the computer wacko?

Thanks for your help.
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Old 02-06-2006, 04:32 AM   #10
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I think you need to use DOSBox to start the game on XP. Are you using it?
You can find DOSBox here
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