# Unable to download Kibana Windows Winzip

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-download-kibana-windows-winzip/351365>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 18, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-download-kibana-windows-winzip/351365 "2024-01-18T15:26:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SPT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spt/32/130917_2.png) [@SPT](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SPT)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-download-kibana-windows-winzip/351365/1 "2024-01-18T15:26:30Z")

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I tried to extract the zip file but it complains that the path is too long on some files. Any advice or an alternate option to get this? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-download-kibana-windows-winzip/351365/2 "2024-01-31T17:26:12Z")

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Hi, I could reproduce this on a VM with Windows 11 and the default Windows Explorer unzip tool.

 ![Error when unzipping the Kibana file](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/c/c/ccd6f524acfb8ffdf4584d5ca6a0127d9d28245d.png)

I could, though, extract the contents using a Powershell command and with [7zip](https://www.7-zip.org/) external tool.

 ![Unzipping with 7zip](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/4/6/46160389f37c7d8a907e2164128fcdc9d9d7209c.png)

 ![Unzipping with PowerShell](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/d/9de8f06c010af3bd7eaffdbbe03a61f48572d1da.png)

The command for PowerShell is

```plaintext
Expand-Archive -Force <path-to-kibana-zip> <path-to-put-the-extract>

```

I will anyways open an issue in the Kibana tracker to raise the concern, maybe to update the documentation with a note or something.

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**Author:** ![jsanz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jsanz/32/53734_2.png) [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-download-kibana-windows-winzip/351365/3 "2024-01-31T17:29:46Z")

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Left a comment here

> <https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/37151#issuecomment-1919575372>
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> \*\*Kibana version:\*\*
> 7.1
> \*\*Elasticsearch version:\*\*
> 7.1
> \*\*Server OS version:\*…\*
> 
> \*\*Browser version:\*\*
> Edge (most recent version)
> \*\*Browser OS version:\*\*
> Windows 10
> \*\*Original install method (e.g. download page, yum, from source, etc.):\*\*
> .zip download
> \*\*Describe the bug:\*\*
> Installing the .zip file did not resolve successfully and seemed to have damaged my file explorer. The download would stop at 100% while authenticating the download.
> \*\*Steps to reproduce:\*\*
> 1. Download the .zip installation in Edge
> 2.
> 3.
> 
> \*\*Expected behavior:\*\*
> Downloads and siplays files normally
> \*\*Screenshots (if relevant):\*\*
> 
> \*\*Errors in browser console (if relevant):\*\*
> 
> \*\*Provide logs and/or server output (if relevant):\*\*
> 
> \*\*Any additional context:\*\*

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-download-kibana-windows-winzip/351365/4 "2024-02-28T17:30:25Z")

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