compressed zip file is empty

[cgmsys]

Hello

I am in the process of creating a joomla site using Joomla 1.5.15.  I downloaded the free SEF patch for 1.5.15 patch_1515_stable.zip.

I tried to install it through the installer and got JFolder::files: Path does not point to a valid folder or the folder has been deleted.
JFolder::folder: Path does not point to a valid folder or the folder has been deleted.
JFolder::files: Path does not point to a valid folder or the folder has been deleted.
Error! Could not find a Joomla! XML setup file in the package.

I saw another post that said to upload the files manually. However, when I try to extract the zip (Windows Vista) I get

Cannot complete the comppressed zipped files extraction wizard
the compressed (zipped) folder is empty

The file shows as being 62kb.

I'd appreciate any thoughts on this.

[joomlatwork]

Have you tried 7zip or winrar?

Regards,

R.

[cgmsys]

R.

I SOLVED IT.  I think you have a problem with your zips.

I downloaded Winrar on another machine . I also redownloaded 1515 and 1514 stable.
1. Winrar test said that the archives were OK.
2. The Winrar extract did not result in a folder structure like the 1510 stable I had downloaded a while back. It just left me with a file called patch_1515_stable.
3. The file was only slightly smaller than the zip I downloaded. I suspected that someone probably zipped a zip file.
4. I changed the extension of the file that winrar extract from no extension to .zip
5. Ran an extract all against the patch_1515_stable.zip and it succesfully extracted the folders and files.

Again, I think that the zips are zips of zips and not zips of the folder structure

Chris

[scept1c]

hi cgmsys,
sorry, you unzipped the files twice as far as I understood?

[cgmsys]

Scept1c

What I think happened was:

The original folder and file structure was zipped
The .zip extension was removed from the archive (Patch_0115-stable.zip was renamed to patch_0115_stable)
Patch_0115_stable was zipped and resulted in an archive of patch_0115_stable.zip

The end result appears to be that the folder structure and files were archived twice

To get the files from the archive I
1. Ran winrar on the archive as downloaded. That resulted in only one file extracted called patch_0115_stable
2. I renamed the extracted patch_0115_stable to patch_0115_stable.zip
3. I ran the windows extract against the renamed file. That gave me the files and folder structure.

I know that seems weird but it worked.