I haven't zipped or compressed any files, so that is why it is confusing that
I get the error when I do an advanced search. This happens even on a
different computer as well that also has no zipped or compressed files.
"Paul Randall" wrote:
>
> "Lindsay B." <> wrote in message
> news:5E91773A-DE36-428B-B15D-...
> > Every time I do a Search, Advanced in Vista, I receive the following error
> > message box:
> > "Compressed (Zipped) Folders"
> > "Please insert the last disk of the Multi-Volume set and click OK to
> > continue."
> >
> > I have tried to search for solutions through microsoft.com and the
> > internet
> > and have come up empty. Also, I notice this is happening on another
> > computer
> > I am using that is running Vista Home Premium Edition. I have not
> > installed
> > any type of compression software on either of these computers (both Acer
> > notebooks).
> >
> > If anyone can give me some insight into how to fix this annoying issue I
> > will be very grateful! If I have posted in the wrong forum, please let me
> > know which is the right one to post this message to!
> > -Lindsay
>
> You can zip one file or folder or a group of files & folders, with the
> output going to your hard drive as a single file or split up into multiple
> files of some maximum size, or to removable media, like floppies, CD, thumb
> drive, etc, which might require multiple floppies or whatever to hold it
> all. When a zip file is too big for the media or the specified max file
> size, it is called a spanned or file or multi-volume set. The index of
> everything in the zip file is on the last file/media of the series. So if
> your search is set up to search within zipped files, and one of them is
> spanned, and the last file of that spanned set is missing (or damaged?), you
> will get that message. I suppose you would get a similar message if it were
> searching .CAB files and one file in the set were missing or damaged.
>
> -Paul Randall
>
>
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