Download file is corrupted, Help!

[Depanji]

I've downloaded the file from the download link 3 times now, still the same bug; It's on my pc in a winrar file, not a zipfile as the tutorial describes, and everytime I try to open the file it comes up with: "WinRAR: Diagnostic messages - Unexpected end of archive" If I try to click on the "Wow Classic" file in the winrar and right click the setup-bin in that folder to extract it to my wanted folder, it says "C:\Users\Name\Downloads\Nostalrius-WoW-Classic.zip: Either multipart or corrupt ZIP archive"
I've never seen this problem with anything else I've downloaded or used Winrar for, so please explain to me, whats wrong and how I fix this. Thanks.

[Depanji]

Still in need of support here, please help :/ I really wanna play on this server, but I'll need to fix this problem first.

[Uzephi]

What browser are you downloading from? Can you give me the md5 sum of the zip you downloaded?

I already deleted my zip after install, but I am redownloading to verify the md5 of your zip in comparison to the new download I will get in about 30mins. To get the md5 checksum of a file use the below linked program. It s the simplest program for windows to get md5 checksums.

http://www.winmd5.com/

Just or reference, I used Chrome to download my zip file.

[Depanji]

Thanks, finally someone to reply ^^

I use Comodo Dragon, it's somewhat like chrome.
And I used your link, it came up with this code after I ran the checksum value; a1d3a43c8467874dbb1880fc8b0158c3

[Uzephi]

That is the same md5 I just got on the new zip file. I am able to extract the zip using winRAR. Are you that program as well? Yes, the file is a .zip extension on my end, but also states it is a winRAR file as that is the program that it will open with. Can you try a different program like winAce or winzip to see if it isn't your version of winRAR that cannot extract the file? Below is a screenshot of the file extracting correctly.

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md5 sum check

[Depanji]

Yes I use winrar, and where yours say: "Extracting from Nostalrius-WoW-Classic.zip" Thats when it comes up with the corrupt message.

[Depanji]

UPDATE: Alright, so I tried to use 7zip instead, now it worked! - Thanks a lot for the help
But how come my WinRAR couldn't handle it? It works with everything else.

[Uzephi]

UPDATE: Alright, so I tried to use 7zip instead, now it worked! - Thanks a lot for the help
But how come my WinRAR couldn't handle it? It works with everything else.

It might be out of date. There is compression algorithms in use when zipping a file, if your program doesn't have the algorithm, then it can cause a "corrupt" false positive. This is why keeping programs up to date is important

[Dampier]

For anyone who reaches this in the future wondering what is wrong with this not opening and giving "Unexpected end..." error the fix it simple. You must update your winrar, I downloaded 5.21 (latest at the time of posting this) and problem solved.

[AverageJoe]

Tagging so I can add this to my solution list.