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Can I fix things so Archive Utility hangsdoesn't hang on all zip files?

I am using Mac OS X 10.8.2. I don't know exactly when it started (might have been after the upgrade to 10.8.2, but not sure), but now, any zip file I try to open starts up 'Archive Utility', but then it just hangs and I have to force quit it. The zip file is never unzipped. As

As a workaround, I can go to the command line and use the 'unzip' command, but that is not very convenient. Can

Can I re-install this application to see if that would help or is this part of the OS and thus cannot really be re-installed separately?

regards,

Wim

Archive Utility hangs on all zip files

I am using Mac OS X 10.8.2. I don't know exactly when it started (might have been after the upgrade to 10.8.2, but not sure), but now, any zip file I try to open starts up 'Archive Utility', but then it just hangs and I have to force quit it. The zip file is never unzipped. As a workaround, I can go to the command line and use the 'unzip' command, but that is not very convenient. Can I re-install this application to see if that would help or is this part of the OS and thus cannot really be re-installed separately?

regards,

Wim

Can I fix things so Archive Utility doesn't hang on all zip files?

I am using Mac OS X 10.8.2. I don't know exactly when it started (might have been after the upgrade to 10.8.2, but not sure), but now, any zip file I try to open starts up 'Archive Utility', but then it just hangs and I have to force quit it. The zip file is never unzipped.

As a workaround, I can go to the command line and use the 'unzip' command, but that is not very convenient.

Can I re-install this application to see if that would help or is this part of the OS and thus cannot really be re-installed separately?

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Archive Utility hangs on all zip files

I am using Mac OS X 10.8.2. I don't know exactly when it started (might have been after the upgrade to 10.8.2, but not sure), but now, any zip file I try to open starts up 'Archive Utility', but then it just hangs and I have to force quit it. The zip file is never unzipped. As a workaround, I can go to the command line and use the 'unzip' command, but that is not very convenient. Can I re-install this application to see if that would help or is this part of the OS and thus cannot really be re-installed separately?

regards,

Wim