Error opening ZIP files from meddevo on Windows

When downloading folder previews or submissions as ZIP files from meddevo, you may encounter problems extracting the archive on Windows computers. This is due to a limitation of the built-in Windows ZIP tool, which only supports file paths up to 260 characters. If any file or folder inside the archive exceeds this length (including all parent folders), the extraction can fail, and you may see an error message.

Solution:
We recommend using 7-ZIP to extract ZIP files downloaded from meddevo. 7-ZIP can handle longer file paths and will allow you to access all files in the archive without issues.

Note:
This path length limitation is specific to Windows. On macOS (1024 characters) and Linux (4096 characters), much longer paths are supported.
Learn more (Microsoft Docs – Maximum file path limitation)