Solving Zip File Error: Cannot Find Central Directory

“Hello friends, I have formatted my system today. Now re-installing all the software to my system, but wondered why an error ‘Zip file cannot find central directory’ is coming out every time when I try to extract Zip archive that is containing the setup of media application. Can anyone recommend me right solution to come over this issue? Many thanks in advance.”

Mostly Zip file cannot find central directory error comes out when extracting tool is looking the file in wrong location or the destination path to the desired archive is not right. However if the path to the Zip archive is absolutely correct then there might be some corruption or damage to the Zip file. When Zip archive is damaged it may simply throw such error while it is being extracted with some application. Let’s see the reasons which may corrupt or damage your Zip archives and enforcing archive to remain inaccessible with error message Zip file cannot find central directory:

• Header of Zip file is a key part which helps OS to process the archive if header gets corrupted you may get error when opening Zip file
• Trying to extract Zip archive with any unreliable utility can result in damaged Zip file which can show error Zip file cannot find central directory when users try to extract contents of ZIP archive
• Interruptions like poor internet speed, power fluctuations etc results in incomplete download of Zip file that can cause damage to archive which might display error Zip file cannot find central directory
• After virus or malware attacks to Zip archive you may face error Zip file cannot find central directory while trying to open ZIP file
• Similarly you may get Zip file cannot find central directory error during Zip archive extraction due to the CRC error or when the file is saved over a corrupted storage drive

Get a reliable utility to resolve ZIP file error!

With the use of Yodot ZIP Repair software, you can easily fix Zip file cannot find central directory error that is usually caused after file is damaged or corrupted. This ZIP file repair application provides quick solution to repair Zip error archive is either corrupted or damaged. This utility has inbuilt repair tool that identifies errors in ZIP file to make it readable accessible again. You can use this program to repair bad or damaged ZIP/ZIPX archives which are not being extracted and show various kinds of errors. In addition, this utility has potential to fix encrypted archives which are inaccessible due to CRC error or other reasons. Users can run this powerful utility on all major Windows machines to achieve fastest and hassle free fixing of ZIP file showing Zip File Cannot Find Central Directory error.

Simple procedure to fix cannot find central directory error:

• Download Yodot ZIP Repair program to your Windows PC or laptop and execute the setup to install the application
• Launch the software and keep continuing with the main screen instructions
• Click on “Browse” tab to select the damaged ZIP file that is showing cannot find central directory error
• Now hit the “Repair” button to initiate the ZIP file repair operation
• The software deeply scans the ZIP file and resolves issues causing above mentioned error
• You can monitor the ongoing repair operation by looking at the progress bar
• Upon completion of the fixing process the utility displays all the information fetched from the fixed ZIP archive
• Now specify the destination storage location on your Windows PC and click on ‘Save’ button to save the repaired ZIP file

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