Impossible to open or extract zip files.

It is the first time that I tried to extract files compressed on my new machine. I have several zip files that extract not. When I try to extract, I get a message saying:

"Cannot complete the compressed (zipped) folders extraction Wizard.

The compressed (zipped) folder is empty.
Before you can extract files, you must copy the files to this compressed (zipped) folder.

To close this wizard, click Finish. »

The properties of zip files show that they are 100 + MB, so they do not seem to be empty of this point of view.

Any ideas why this happens?

Running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Try 7-zip http://www.7-zip.org/

The files may have been compressed in a format that Windows cannot process.

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