# Rubyzip problem on Vista?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyzip-problem-on-vista/166091>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 21, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyzip-problem-on-vista/166091 "2009-04-21T20:01:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyzip-problem-on-vista/166091/1 "2009-04-21T20:01:10Z")

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Hello,

I bundle my Ruby application in a zip file that I created using  
Rubyzip (0.9.1, installed with Windows Installer 1.8.6-26) that fails  
to cleanly unzip on Vista. Vista complains with error code 0x80004005  
(“unspecified error”) from its own Extract All command whenever it  
tries to unzip a subdirectory in the zip file. You can retry, skip, or  
cancel. Retrying causes the same error. Skipping gets past the problem  
and the subdirectory and its contents are unzipped correctly. But my  
users don’t understand what the issue is and they don’t always get the  
steps right. Does anyone know if there is a bug with Rubyzip on Vista?

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rubyzip-problem-on-vista/166091/2 "2009-04-21T20:15:52Z")

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I went to Rubyzip’s sourceforge page and found a good number of open  
bugs including one issue with Windows and directories (though may not  
be the same one). This library seems like its not being maintained  
anymore. Last bugfix was 2/2007? The Windows bug I mentioned open  
since 2006. Looks like I’ll have to build my zip using other means.