Article ID: 297849 - Last Review: January 13, 2006 - Revision: 1.3

You Cannot View the Contents of a Compressed Folders in the Temporary CD Writing Area

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SYMPTOMS

If you copy a compressed folder, such as a .zip file, to a CD-R or CD-RW drive, you cannot view the contents of the compressed folder while it is in the Temporary CD Writing area.

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CAUSE

This problem occurs because the contents of a compressed folder are not viewable while it is in the Temporary CD Writing area.

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RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, view the contents of the compressed folder and extract any necessary files before you copy them to the CD-R or CD-RW drive, or after the file has been written to the CD.

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