wrong filesize reported when exploring ZIPped/compressed folder

[Guest JEWboy]

In recent case a 150MB file is reported as 161KB when exploring ZIP in

WinExplorer, it's nowhere close to compressed OR uncompressed size.

Since replacing MB with KB gives approximately correct result, I suspec

tsomethign going on with a factor of x10 applied by OS, whatever the case:

IT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM WE DIDN'T HAVE in WindowsXP.

 

So from now on if I want truth, I use WinRAR.

Instead of a free and Shell-integrated ZIP, I need to get thru extra clicks

to invoke WinRAR even though it offers some shell integration, it's just

another lame bug in Vista.

 

How many more to discover in an OS otherwise superior to WinXP?

Vista's superior functions don't offset probkems we didn't have in WinXP,

and file operations happen tobe some of OS basic functions.

You already heard about wroing size reported in WinExplorer statusbar, in

View-->List after paplying refresh (F5) - it keeps incrementing size upward

to TERABYTES< obviously wrong size reproted.

 

Now ZIP problem. I can live with a wrong size by simply unzipping to a temp

folder and checkign true/deflated sizes, but why spend time on sonmethign

that worked in WinXP?

You could explorer a ZIP in WinXP reporting correct Comrpessed +

Decompressed sizes, what ahhepen now? Fouled up again?