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[WriteLog] Re: the "WL not installed message"

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Subject: [WriteLog] Re: the "WL not installed message"
From: Zev.Darack@banklink.com (Darack, Zev)
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 10:58:59 -0400
>From WinZip 8.0 when you double click on Setup.exe or click on Install from
the toolbar a dialog box appears stating that WinZip will extract all files
to a temporary folder and run the SETUP.EXE program.  When you have
completed the install, there is a dialog box prompting you "When SETUP.EXE
completes press the OK button to return to WinZip".

73,
Zev N2WKS

 -----Original Message-----
From:   WA9ALS - John [mailto:wa9als@starband.net] 
Sent:   Thursday, June 27, 2002 10:48 AM
To:     writelog@contesting.com
Subject:        Re: [WriteLog] Re: the "WL not installed message"

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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