Hello, I have a zip file which is not password protected so I want to make it password protected so what I am doing is I am unzipping the file and again zipping the unzipped file and using password to make the file password protected. But, when the new zip file is created on that if I double click t…

@bharat.c , What’s the UiPat.System.Activities Package version you are using? Try upgrading to latest one. Thanks, Ashok :slight_smile:

Hello Ashok, I am using UiPath.System.Activities 24.3.1 on double clicking the zip files I am able to view the folders and files but when I click on file at that moment it’s asking for password. My concern is it should ask at double click itself and should not allow me to view. Since, it’s asking w…

@bharat.c , Yes, it’s definitely a bug. I tried on my side as well. It’s the same issue. Let’s highlight this to UiPath. Thanks, Ashok :slight_smile:

Hi, Is your concern that we can see folder tree and filename even though it’s encrypted? If so, it’s normal behavior, because file data is encrypted but central directory is not encrypted in most libraries. (And it’s not problem from specification) . There is specification of encryption for centr…

I am indeed unsure if we can implement the file name encryption for the zip format, but I will save your feedback for future reference in case we could introduce other formats that support it (this won’t happen short term though). A workaround could be to use another library for another compression…

Thanks, Yochi that only was my actual concern.

Yeah, Maciej it would be great if the password encryption could be applied at the directory level. Because there’s no point of encryption when I am able to view the content of the folders. Looking forward to the same. Thanks for the immediate response.

Thanks Yoichi, for the quick response. I, will try this on my end.

Hello, Yoichi How to extract the encrypted folder. When using windows extract all method its giving this error. [image]

Compress Zip File Password Issue

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Yoichi (Yoichi) June 4, 2024, 7:41am 12

Hi,

Who is going to decrypt and decompress the zip file?
If UiPath robot do it, it may be better to use EncryptFile /DecryptFile activity in UiPath.Cryptography,activities package. it will encrypt/decrypt whole the zip file including directory information.

Regards,

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