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Issues expanding protected files with Stuffit

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madbad01

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When I attempt to expand password protected files using Stuffit Expander 13.0.3, I get an error saying

"An error occurred attempting to expand /Users...
The structure of the archive is damaged (error #17540)"

I don't however get these errors when expanding files that aren't password protected, they expand normally with Stuffit.

I've tried using the Archive Utility.app but it just creates a zip file and creates another rar file.

Please help! Thanks in advance.
 
Are you sure you have the right password? If the password is wrong then when it tries decrypting the file it will get an invalid file and might think that the archive is corrupted.
 
I've had a lot of problems expanding files with Stuffit over the years. Same thing happened yesterday. Stuffit crashed when decoding a binhex 4.0 file. I downloaded the latest version and no luck. The unarchiver worked (obtained it from http://code.google.com/p/theunarchiver/downloads/list). It said the file was corrupted and I was able to click OK and continue. I had a friend try on a PC and neither the latest version of Stuffit (which required a reboot to install!) or The unarchiver worked.

I also found http://www.webutils.pl/BinHex which decoded the file properly and did not report any errors.
 
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