Re: WinHugs installer broken

Hi Bartosz,

> I have redownloaded the file using a different browser, to make sure it
> wasn't cached. I have plenty of disk space. I think the problem might be
> that I'm using Vista 64-bit. Has the installation program been tested on
> that platform?

No, it hasn't - and that is likely to be the cause of the problem. I
recommend renaming the .exe as .zip, then using a program such a
WinZip to extract the files. You won't get shortcuts generated, but it
should install just fine.

Thanks

Neil

>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Neil Mitchell [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:26 AM
>> To: Bartosz Milewski
>> Cc: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: WinHugs installer broken
>>
>> Hi Bartosz,
>>
>> I've installed WinHugs many times on many computers with complete
>> success. I'd check for two things:
>>
>> 1) Redownload the file, in case it got cut off half way through.
>>
>> 2) Check you have sufficient disk space.
>>
>> If its still broken after that, let me know.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Bartosz Milewski
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > I get the following error during the installation of WinHugs: Could
>> not
>> > extract the file:  docs\hugs98.chm .
>> >
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