Changing a aptx - 7zip

[TorbjørnDalløkken2]

I've been trying to use the workaround for BUG-000158615 which envolves extracting a the project template, make changes and recompress it. However, I get an error using the updated version of the project template. 

This is the workaround I've tried:

1.rename the aptx to zip
2. extract the zip file using 7zip
3. make changes 
4. compress it to zip using 7zip
5. Rename the zip to aptx.

When I try to use the edited project template, I get an error saying that the project file does not exist.

Has anyone succeeded using a "recompressed" aptx file? 

[Luke_Pinner · Accepted solution]

I haven't tried and can't test at the moment but you may have ended up with an additional top level directory  inside the zip/aptx that you shouldn't have.

When you unzipped the original "Geoveg_oktober2024.aptx" you should have got a folder called "Geoveg_oktober2024".  Once you've made the changes, don't compress the "Geoveg_oktober2024" folder or you'll get "Geoveg_oktober2024" as the top level directory inside the zip/aptx.

Instead, go into that folder, select all the contents and compress those and rename the new zip Geoveg_oktober2024.aptx. 

[TorbjørnDalløkken2]

@Luke_Pinner, you're absolutely right! I compressed the actual folder and not the contents within that folder.

Thank you! 🙂

[AlfredBaldenweck]

This bit me pretty hard as well when working with normal APRX, as well.

Easiest thing to do is just edit directly in 7-Zip (Right-click--> Open-->Edit the file(s)--> close 7-Zip)