What version of Winzip are you using?
Steve, W1SRD
-----Original Message-----
From: writelog-admin@contesting.com
[mailto:writelog-admin@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Bill Turner
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 9:42 PM
To: Phil Cooper
Cc: writelog@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Re: the "WL not installed message"
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 19:52:25 +0100, you wrote:
>What I did was to open a zip file, and then click on the setup.exe from
>there. AND I GOT THAT MESSAGE!
>
>So, the moral of the tale is that you MUST copy the zipped file to a
>(temporary) directory, unzip the files to that directory, and only THEN run
>the setup.exe.
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This is true for all zipped files, not just WriteLog.
What's happening is this: When you unzip a file with WinZip or
similar program and see the display of files, you're only looking at a
list - not the actual files themselves. If you double-click on any
ONE of the files Windows will execute THAT FILE ONLY, or if it's a
text file, will open it with NotePad, etc. If the executable needs
other files to run properly, they won't be there.
Until you unzip all the files to a folder, they're not "really" files,
just a list.
73, Bill W7TI
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