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> Full Name: Anthony Kandare > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: U.S. Patent Office > Package Version: 5.0u1 build date:@DATE@ > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_5.0u1\jre version: 1.7.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: > > Opening jars > > error in opening zip file during initial startup of IDV > Hi Anthony, We need a little more details information to understand the problem. Please let us know what you were trying to do when you seeing this error message. Thanks, Yuan > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method) > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source) > at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.util.PluginClassLoader.<init>(PluginClassLoader.java:102) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager$3.<init>(PluginManager.java:1737) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadJar(PluginManager.java:1736) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.handlePlugin(PluginManager.java:1508) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.loadPlugins(PluginManager.java:1460) > at ucar.unidata.idv.PluginManager.<init>(PluginManager.java:246) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) > at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.makeManager(IdvBase.java:255) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.doMakePluginManager(IdvBase.java:1097) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvBase.getPluginManager(IdvBase.java:1109) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IdvResourceManager.init(IdvResourceManager.java:1200) > at ucar.unidata.idv.StateManager.initState(StateManager.java:421) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:306) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:225) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:84) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:165) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JKY-402929 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Open