Suddenly my PDF won't open.


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Grand Lodge

So I bought the pdf version of D1 flipped through it a few times and went back to look at it today, but I can't open it.

I'm getting this message: (Translated from Greek so the wording might not be the /exact/ windows message in English.)

"The compressed zip folder is not valid or is corrupt."

I had at some point trimmed the name of the folder the pdf comes in and it didn't cause a problem at the time, but it was my first thought. So I dled the product again through the My Account section. Same problem. What's going on here?

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

That's pretty odd. Are you getting that message when you open the zip or the PDF?

Grand Lodge

The zip folder that it comes nested in.

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

ithuriel wrote:
The zip folder that it comes nested in.

Hmm. Seems like your unzipping utility must have gone south. I'd suggest reinstalling (or updating) it, or trying an alternate unzipper.

Grand Lodge

You are correct sir. I'm getting an error message when I try to run winzip's installer too. 'WZ self-extractor header corrupt. Possible cause: bad disk or file transfer error' No idea what caused that, but now I know it is unrelated to the pdf. Seriously though- you get unreal customer service bonus points for the insanely quick response. On a Sunday morning even!

fully impressed. Thanks Vic.


How long do pdfs of books stay in a Paizo account? My AD&D 1E FRKara-TurTheEasternRealms doesn't open after I have not looked at it for a while.

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

Nicole Padro wrote:
How long do pdfs of books stay in a Paizo account? My AD&D 1E FRKara-TurTheEasternRealms doesn't open after I have not looked at it for a while.

They don't expire. You should be able to redownload them whenever you like. I've had a look at that file, and it's working fine for me. I'd suggest repersonalizing and redownloading.

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