An error occurred while loading the archive.

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 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?

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Could you add an example there?

i am having all sorts of problems with this program- I need access to my downloaded files. can you send me a link?

Nobody has fixed this yet it looks like. So I cannot load any DVD software with a .exe file (ironically which includes the new external DVD drive I just got)

I think I am ready to upgrade to Windows, this ubuntu seems like a nice concept but pretty useless.

[/media/UDF Volume/boot/en-us/bootsect.exe.mui]
  End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
  a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
  latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
  the last disk(s) of this archive.
note: /media/UDF Volume/boot/en-us/bootsect.exe.mui may be a plain executable, not an archive
zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/UDF Volume/boot/en-us/bootsect.exe.mui or
          /media/UDF Volume/boot/en-us/bootsect.exe.mui.zip, and cannot find /media/UDF Volume/boot/en-us/bootsect.exe.mui.ZIP, period.

Many .exe files are not self-extracting archives (which are what File Roller can open) but are full-fledged Windows programs that should be opened in Wine.

Unfortunately, File Roller doesn't provide any message that can point the user to trying out Wine instead.

For now, I'll be closing this bug.

I've marked this bug as a duplicate of bug 508120. Anyone who wants to be able to run .exe files in Ubuntu should join in the discussion there. Thanks!