File extension .zip^ help please

Hi Guys
Hope you can help me with this one.
I had a friend burn a file to a disk and send me it over from ireland cos it was to big to email, when I tried to open it, it says that the file extension wasnt recognise, the file is a zipped pdf document but at the end of the file name it says .zip^ I dont know where the ^ came from but this is what is stopping me open the document i think, Any suggestions??????
Thanks
Stitch

 

Stitch,

Copy the file to your hard drive. Next right-click the file, select 'properties', remove the 'read only' attribute. Then try 'renaming' the file and change the extension to '.zip'.
Hopefully that works for you.

B

 

Hi Mr B
The read only is already unchecked and i have tied renaming the file but it still keeps the .zip^ at the end.
Stitch

 

Hello stitch,

Have you tried this in safe mode?

Regards - Charles

 

stitch--Ask your friend what compression program he used. Better yet tell him what decompression programs you have and request the file be sent using one of those. And still better, is the file so big that it will not fit on a disk without being compressed? If it will fit, ask that it be sent uncompressed.
Files can be split to send by email. For example, in Outlook Express, click Tools|Accounts|Properties|Advanced tab|use the settings in "Break apart messages larger than ".

 

Hi
Working in safe mode made no difference, My friend is living here in the uk now and his pc is back in Ireland so he cant get to it to put it on another disk, this one he asked family to do and they dont know much about computers to ask them to do anything to difficult, The file is more than small enough to go on to a cd but to big to email, would love to ask his family to send it by email but their outlook isnt set up to send mail and they will not be able to set it up, I have a link to a site for downloading the file but I cant get onto it, here is the link if anyone can help with that

http://www.diff.ru/manual/files/Cagiva_Mito_125_Repair_Manual.zip

Thanks for all the suggestions guys

 

stitch--I cannot reach that diff.ru page either, but does this work
http://www.diff.ru:8000/Cagiva_Mito_125_Repair_Manual.zip
If not, I wonder if you could find a substitute page here
http://www.google.com/search?source...04-31,GGLD:en&q=cagiva+mito+125+repair+manual
http://www.google.com/search?source...s=GGLD,GGLD:2004-31,GGLD:en&q=cagiva+mito+125

 

You beaut!
Here is the manual listing (remove the last part of the URL):
http://ursa.irk.ru/manual/
Scroll down to Cagiva.

If this helps, I will add it to the two bikes I helped get going again on our trip to the Australian Moto GP (October).

Happy biking
Matt