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Aug 11^th, 2006 at 6:02pm

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I have downloaded the friggin´file twice, once from M$, and the other time from FileFront. And, twice, when uncompressing I get the message that the file is corrupt, both times when unpacking the first big .cab file. I tried using both winzip and winrar. Any ideas what might be happening? Please, help!!! Sad

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Reply #1 - Aug 11^th, 2006 at 6:06pm

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I don't quite understand. The file is a self-installing EXE. Double-click on it to run the setup program. You shouldn't need to unzip anything.

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Reply #2 - Aug 11^th, 2006 at 6:11pm

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Yeah, that´s right. But, if you see the proccess, the file is actually a self extracting zip file. First it uncompress and then (I guess Wink

) it installs the sim. Againd, the same problem with both files. Could it be related to my using XP64????

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Reply #3 - Aug 11^th, 2006 at 6:20pm

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Sorry, you're quite right but it should all extract automatically when you double-click on the EXE file. Mine used WinZip to extract the files as I have it installed but I believe it will use the Windows Installer by default. Read this thread. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=FSX;action=display;num=115...

I don't know anything about XP64.

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Reply #4 - Aug 11^th, 2006 at 6:27pm

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Thanks for the responses, Hagar.

I read the thread you gave me, but it refers to a problem with windows installer. The friggin thing does not get to that point yet. It starts unpacking the files and then it halts. I guess that I should just give up. I mean, It´s 3 and a half friggin hours for each download, and the thought of downloading it again.... DAMN! I wanted to try that thing... Sad

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Reply #5 - Aug 11^th, 2006 at 6:31pm

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Right, I was afraid of that. Maybe someone else can suggest something.

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