Winrar Is Really Getting Me Mad.. - Topic

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Jan 25 2013 07:39am

"The system cannot find the path specified"

I've tried redownloading the file, still says the same.
I've tried reinstalling WinRAR, still says the same.
I've tried a 32-bit version instead of 64-bit, still says the same.

Someone help me before I pull my hair out?

Rexburg

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Jan 25 2013 07:46am

I saw this online, not sure if it will work...worth a try though

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the system cannot find the path specified

At first I thought it was a password thing, but my friend did not specify any password for the WinRAR archive. So there must be something else. Then I found out that there was a folder in the file that had a long name. Perhaps that was the thing causing the error? I renamed the folder (inside the WinRAR archive) to a simple and short name and voila! Extraction complete.

So if you still get a "the system cannot find the path specified" error, you know what to do!

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Jan 25 2013 08:01am

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1.give the path location correctly, some times the path might be ambigous so the system confuses

2. chk if the rar file is passowrd pretected,

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To get around this, when you choose a place to extract the film to, ensure the folder is in a place such as your desktop or at the root location of a hard drive, and place it in a folder with a short name such as "HP PoA 2004 1080p" or something.

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Delete the content of your temp folders, %systemroot%\temp and %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp

i think the last one solves the problem.

Scaife

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Jan 25 2013 10:47am

It isn't password protected. The folder name is 4 letters long.

I'll try the temp folder thing and report back.

/e: Uninstalled WinRAR and used the default extraction program on Windows 7, thanks for the help anyway.

This post was edited by Scaife on Jan 25 2013 10:51am

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