http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/65254-zip-file-support-restore.html

Vista Tutorial - ZIP File Support - Restore

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NOTE: Be sure to download the correct 32 bit or 64 bit (x64) version for your version of Vista.

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I'd suggest re associating Winrar with ".zip" files.
Go to options-settings-integration in your Winrar menu.
(or/and use the "open with" option you get when right clicking on a zip )

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Hiya notblocklox.
How's things? :)

Running unlocker you might be able to find out which other process had the file in use.

Knowing the filename that is in use - and what is using the file, would go a long way to solving the problem.

Hi,aydbayk & joebart333, have you ever tried UNLOCKER ? This little programme has helped me - a non-techie - several times solving annoying error messages.
Good luck!

thanks to administrator and others, but both successions: extracting in an empty folder or opening with 7zip did not help (as stated above by joebart333
too)
my system is vista 64 home premium, IE8, F-secure (no separate security programms next to it) and no extra media manager beside MS'

It migth help if we knew more about the programs you're running on your computer.
If BuBBy's solution didn't help, you must have another process or service that interferes.

Now that can be loads of the things.
Next thing to look for:
Most brands come up with their own media manager,indexing new files for faster access(f.i. if you're using a Dell that would be "Dell Media Mangager").
Disabling might help.
A lotta multimedia programs do the same thing.Nero for one has a service called 'Home'.

Another possibility could be you're using a separate security program next to your antivirus/firewall or even.. a badly configured firewall...a lousy antivirus...

EVERY time I try and run set-up from software from this site, I get 'the process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process' error message.
I use 7Zip as advised and unzip to empty folders but I get this error message for everything I download from giveawayoftheday.
This is a great site with loads of software I'm interested in but nothing will run - help!

I download the programm in zip. file (WINRAR). wenn I run setup.exe I receive in most cases the warning "the file cannot be reached because used by another application" although no other application runs at that time. I have this issue in 90% of cases.

The solution is to not run setup.exe from inside the zip file. Best results - extract the zip file contents into a new & empty folder, and THEN run the setup file from a normal folder location.

Running a Setup.exe from inside a zip file sometimes works but there are a lot of factors that can cause it to break.

Programs don't actually run from inside the zip file - but are extracted to the TEMP folder - and lots of setup programs extract intermediate files required during setup - to the TEMP folder... and you can end up with a file being "in use by another application"

jZip & http://www.izarc.org for Email make 700 MB go down to 2 MB kgbarchiver take long time

http://kgbarchiver.net/?page=faq

Another you could try is to be found here.

http://www.zipeg.com

Try using a different archiver such as the freeware 7Zip.

http://www.7-zip.org/

I had a similar issue with winrar some time ago. So used 7 Zip, which solved the problem.

regards

Whiterabbit

I download the programm in zip. file (WINRAR). wenn I run setup.exe I receive in most cases the warning "the file cannot be reached because used by another application" although no other application runs at that time. I have this issue in 90% of cases.