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problwm with rar file

  • 31-01-2012 6:49pm
    #1
    berrypendel
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    I have an exe in a rar file. when i extract the exe with winrar and try to run the exe it just keeps extracting over and over?


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    corrupt file one would suppose. Have you tried another rar as a test?


  • #3
    berrypendel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 365 ✭✭berrypendel


    mike65 wrote: »
    corrupt file one would suppose.
    worked once on other pc?
    Have you tried another rar as a test?
    tried opening another? yes no problem


  • #4
    yoyo
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    You could try extracting it with something like 7zip, but also make sure to actually extract the exe first (somewhere like the desktop) and then running it, not just double clicking on it in Winrar. Dodgy memory/faulty/going faulty hard disks can cause extractions to fail

    Nick

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  • #5
    berrypendel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 365 ✭✭berrypendel


    yoyo wrote: »
    You could try extracting it with something like 7zip, but also make sure to actually extract the exe first (somewhere like the desktop) and then running it, not just double clicking on it in Winrar. Dodgy memory/faulty/going faulty hard disks can cause extractions to fail

    Nick
    well it worked again. maybe i was getting confused about what to click, i find winrar a bit confusing. My disk is fine


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