You might also try right clicking the file, select properties, and see if you have a message in the lower part of the box about Windows blocking some files in order to protect your computer.  If you have this message, you also have a button that you can click to unblock the file.

 

I started having a similar problem and my laptop was rebuilt and reloaded with XP SP2. How did this get resolved?

Sorry, I can't remember how I solved the problem.

This is an easy one...
If you got the file through messenger for example...SP2 will block the .exe for your protection. There is nothing wrong with the Xp extractor and you don't need another extractor to do this. Very simple....

To unblock the .exe if the file is a zip file just right click on the zip file before you try to extract it, choose properties and there you will see an "unblock" clickable.
Click it and now try to extract the file! Tada!!!
You may also notice this on rar files if you get them sent to you from someone elses computer.


Happy computing....
Soul