# HL2 OE gives errors when trying to unpack the archive with WinRAR

**URL:** <https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-oe-gives-errors-when-trying-to-unpack-the-archive-with-winrar/3336>\
**Category:** Half-Life 2\
**Created:** [February 11, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-oe-gives-errors-when-trying-to-unpack-the-archive-with-winrar/3336 "2019-02-11T16:35:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![To\_ny\_P\_J\_s](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/to_ny_p_j_s/32/362_2.png) [@To\_ny\_P\_J\_s](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/To_ny_P_J_s)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-oe-gives-errors-when-trying-to-unpack-the-archive-with-winrar/3336/1 "2019-02-11T16:35:59Z")

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I looked all over this forum for a anyone with this issue, but no luck so I hope to get some help from someone on here. Here is the error in short (I covered up my real name)

[http://prntscr.com/mjniiu](http://prntscr.com/mjniiu)

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**Author:** ![BitRain](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/bitrain/32/208_2.png) [@BitRain](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/BitRain)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-oe-gives-errors-when-trying-to-unpack-the-archive-with-winrar/3336/2 "2019-02-11T16:44:12Z")

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Please try extract it with 7zip.

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**Author:** ![To\_ny\_P\_J\_s](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/to_ny_p_j_s/32/362_2.png) [@To\_ny\_P\_J\_s](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/To_ny_P_J_s)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-oe-gives-errors-when-trying-to-unpack-the-archive-with-winrar/3336/3 "2019-02-16T04:21:41Z")

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That worked, thanks!

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**Author:** ![kenny](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/90db22/32.png) [@kenny](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/kenny)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-oe-gives-errors-when-trying-to-unpack-the-archive-with-winrar/3336/4 "2020-04-30T07:32:50Z")

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but the pack is .zip not .7z

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**Author:** ![Cameron\_D](https://b-cdn.sourceruns.org/user_avatar/forums.sourceruns.org/cameron_d/32/251_2.png) [@Cameron\_D](https://forums.sourceruns.org/u/Cameron_D)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.sourceruns.org/t/hl2-oe-gives-errors-when-trying-to-unpack-the-archive-with-winrar/3336/5 "2020-04-30T07:33:59Z")

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Correct, but it was likely compressed with 7zip using options that aren’t compatible with all other extraction tools.