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Plus! 98: Prompted for Password When Extracting Compressed File

Article ID: 189582

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Plus! 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q189582

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to extract a file from a compressed folder, you may be prompted to type a password even if the file is not encrypted.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if both of the following conditions are true:

When you click Extract on the File menu, the compressed file is in use.
You are attempting to extract the file to a folder that contains an uncompressed file with the same name.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, extract the compressed file from MS-DOS or to a folder that does not contain an uncompressed file with the same name.

For information about how to extract files, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

129605 How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Plus! 98, version 1.0.

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