I'm lost on this thread - Does WinZip unzip everything and then run Setup??
How could WinZip know that Setup is what you want to run afterwards, as I
think there are othere exe files in the package...maybe not. Enlighten me
pse...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darack, Zev" <Zev.Darack@banklink.com>
To: <w7ti@dslextreme.com>; "Phil Cooper" <pcooper@guernsey.net>
Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 9:23 AM
Subject: RE: [WriteLog] Re: the "WL not installed message"
>
> I have winzip 8.0 installed and I can install writelog directly from
winzip
> without any problems. I don't think I have ever unzipped the file before
> installing it.
>
> 73,
> Zev N2WKS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Turner [mailto:w7ti@dslextreme.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 12:42 AM
> 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.
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> 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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