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Cannot unzip files in OSX Mountain Lion? Try "sudo killall -KILL appleeventsd"

Unzipping files recently stopped working on my MacBook Air running OSX Mountain Lion.

I found the solution to my problem on StackExchange: execute the following command in a Terminal:
sudo killall -KILL appleeventsd
Other symptoms / problems solved by this command:
  • Opening downloaded files from Chrome is not working
  • "Show in Finder" is not working
Alternatively, you can kill the appleeventsd process in Activity Monitor:

Activity Monitor

Source: http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/70160/can-i-fix-things-so-archive-utility-doesnt-hang-on-all-zip-files
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