Downloaded files always zipped

Pressing the Cancel button will stop the downloads. As strange as it may sound, you have to click on Leave. Doing that will start the download process of the zipped files. Step 4: If the pop-ups are blocked, click on the Add button next to Allow. Step 5: Close Chrome. Then try downloading the files. Do remember to click on Leave instead of Cancel in the pop-up.

You should also try manually clearing temporary files of your browser such as cookies and cache. We have mentioned the steps for Google Chrome browser. Step 2: Scroll down and you will find the Advanced option. Click on it to reveal more settings. Uncheck others. Finally, hit the Clear data button. Step 5: Close Chrome and launch it again.

Then try downloading your zip files from Drive. If you are signed into multiple Google accounts on your browser, sign out from all of them. Keep only one account signed in from where you want to download Google Drive files. Sometimes, the issue could be due to an extension or incorrect settings. So resetting Chrome will fix it.

Even though your data is safe when you reset it, do read what happens when you reset Chrome. To reset it, open Chrome Settings.

Then, tap on Advanced. Confirm by clicking on Reset. Other IE users have had similar problems, see this and this page. User Firefox when attempting to download these files, or when you are saving the file, rename to the proper extension. Atlassian Support Fisheye 4. Related content No related content found. Still need help? The Atlassian Community is here for you. ZIP files are necessary for combining multiple files together into one downloadable file. You can get many files in one lump while also compressing the file to allow for a quicker download.

This has become a necessary method of downloading portable files for USB or other uses. The steps necessary to automatically unzip ZIP files is to run a batch file that uses 7-Zip against a download location so it extracts the contents and then discards the original ZIP file.

This is done with a folder monitoring software. While these steps may seem daunting at first, they are simply using versatile utilities that must be adapted for this project, and therefore must be precise. Step 1: Install 7-Zip from this link here. Step 3: Click Advanced system settings from the left pane.

This will open the System Properties window. Step 4: Click the Advanced tab and then choose Environment Variables. Immediately following the semicolon, enter the path to the 7-zip installation directory.

Ensure to OK out of all the open windows to save the variable change. This step is necessary for when we call the 7-Zip program from the command line.