Repairing a corrupted self-extracting file

When a file is passed over a network, it is common for users to compress the transmitted file into a self-extracting file to facilitate others to open it. In addition, when downloading files on the Internet, you often experience self-extracting files. Repairing a corrupted self-extracting file can be resolved by the following methods.

When you open a self-extracting file that is compressed with WinZip or WinRAR, it pops up like "WinZip exe-selfextractor file is corrupt,possible it isdamaged or disk transfer error" Warning box indicates that the file header of the WinZip self-extracting file is damaged. Change the self-extracting file extension to "ZIP" or "RAR", and then extract the file with WinRAR or WinZip.

In addition, in the process of extracting the self-extracting file, the Windows XP system will store the uncompressed temporary files in the appropriate folder, which can be used to repair the corrupted self-extracting files. You can use WinZip to repair the compressed file section using the following chapter.