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I have a directory structure as follows:

Main
|
|--empty_folder
|
|--folder
   |
   |--example.txt

I'm zipping it using the .NET ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory method (but I doubt this has anything to do with the problem)

When I extract the archive using Windows Explorer the empty folder shows as expected. However if I extract the archive using 7zip the empty folder shows as a file! Has anyone else experienced this and if so is there a way to fix it?

Jesse Adam
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  • Works as expected here. Which version of 7-zip? Which version of Windows? How exactly are you using 7-zip to extract it? can you provide a link to an example Zip file you've made that exhibits the problem? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 Aug 10 '15 at 20:17
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    I came to the same error using ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory with PowerShell. – Alex H Sep 30 '15 at 14:20

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Answering because I just had the same problem and managed to solve it very simply.

This seems to be a problem with a specific version of 7-Zip. Updating 7-Zip to version 16.04 solves the problem, and no longer created empty files instead of empty folders.

Protectator
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