"Unexpected End of Archive" error when unpacking ZIP files


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While it seems that a lot of people are having issues with downloading their ZIP files due to the surge in traffic from the Humble Bundle, my issue is slightly different. I downloaded the core rulebook ZIP successfully, but when I open it with WinRAR to extract the file, it gives me an error stating, "Unexpected end of archive". Some Googling told me to use the "Repair" function in WinRAR, but even after that, I was still getting the same message.

Is anyone else encountering this problem? I'm not sure whether the issue is with the file itself (perhaps corrupted due to massive site traffic? The download was interrupted two or three times midstream), or whether it's an issue with WinRAR that I should take up with them. Any thoughts? Thanks!

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

I would suggest trying a different unzipping utility. If a second one fails, the file itself is probably damaged and needs to be downloaded again.

Silver Crusade System Administrator

I think the switch we had was probably causing some download problems. If you can try to redownload that one, it may help.

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