That won’t help if he is trying to extract files deep in to a folder structure as the limit on Windows 7 is 255 character for a path/file name which is why I suggested extracting to the desktop as the path is likely to be shorter
Is it possible to amend the path on native Windows 7? Hence my suggestion for 7 Zip.
I still think my solution (above) would be the simplest. 
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Hey guys, why not try ? It’s a free sample, you can pay it only 0.2 euros if you want.
You will know how to resolve it the easiest way.
When I will have time and desire, because I am not tekie, I will try to follow your above recommendations. But I feel it may take me some time…
But why don’t you try the suggestions above? The way to learn is through trial and error, not asking others to do the work for you.
Though I agree with HH that trying by yourself is more educational, I did it for you because it’s you. I had no problem but this is because I am not using Windows 7 but Ubuntu (Linux). I can confirm, however, that you are most likely running into the problem that was described above: Win 7 has a (stupidly small) limit of 255 characters for the file name and the path to the file together.
The filename of track one alone has a length of 179 characters including spaces: “Me’Shell NdegéOcello - Step Into the Projects (Where I Found Love) - HBR JazzyCut Rew - 01 Step Into the Projects (Where I Found Love) - HBR JazzyCut Rework Extended Edit Mix.flac”
So with the path (something like C:\Users\frenchrooster\Downloads or wherever you are extracting to, you are most likely breaking the 255 character limit.
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I agree. But maybe it’s just impossible. I have never done that, so have to take time to do it . But as I said I will try later.
Very thanks Suedkiez. So you suggest me to download first Windows 10, so I will have a much more bigger character space limit?
You can open Windows Explorer, double-click on the zip to open it, then drag and drop the two FLAC files directly to C:\ (the root, so not the desktop or your home directory).
After the files are extracted you could rename them to something shorter and then store them wherever you like.
Ouh lalala! Easy to read but not easy to understand. I will try all your suggestions on Tuesday probably. But thanks for your help.
Sorry it took me a while as now that I made my first file purchase I had to reactivate my Bandcamp account, move the files to Roon, edit the metadata (as Roon does not know it) … all your fault 
All is fine as long as the files are inside the zip, because then they are not subject to the 255 characters limit. But when you extract them, you will get the problem. So you need to make sure that after extracting into the Windows file system, the path and filename are not longer than 255
So do either what litemotiv said and extract them to C:\ (thereby reducing the path to 3 characters) and then rename the files before you move them elsewhere
Alternatively, after to you open the zip file, rename them to something shorter before you extract them. (If this is possible might depend on how you open the zip file)
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Unfortunately the default Windows Explorer zip-extractor doesn’t support this, so he would need to download a separate program for that like 7-Zip.
Yeah I figured. So your method is best then. (IF he has permissions for C:\ 
)
Fingers crossed… otherwise you will have to rename them and send him the files!
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Very thanks guys. Not sure I will be able to do that, but will try. I have all the informations now.
Will download windows 10 first, then try the latest recommendations.
Time to dinner now.
Thanks again.
Windows 10 has the same limitation by default but can be overridden by editing the registry, plenty of tutorials on a Google Search on how to do that
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You need to check that your particular PC will support Windows 10. For example my Thinkpad 420 with Windows 7 professional should be able to support Windows 10, but some of the drivers aren’t available (were never released by Lenovo) and apparently it doesn’t work well, so this approach isn’t recommended by the Thinkpad community.
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David
I think it’s possible. It’s a dell xp15. But have to try.