xxd09 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I have bought numerous Orbx Airports and Scenery. Download and Run installs them . Patches seem to download but I cannot get them to extract never min install [Win 7]-any tips? Why is the process straightforward for Scenery etc and not for Patches? Do I need to install WinZip? Any help appreciated Malcolm Beaton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriLa Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 You can try it with 7zip, this should work, Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spud Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 I'm not positive but are you saying that you download Airports and Scenery and run the installer without first unzipping the download? If so that will cause problems. Be sure and extract (unzip) any download before running the installer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice_King Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Right lets get one thing very clear here I do not profess to be a guru in any way shape or form but over the years I have learned to not use supposedly cross compatible tools , That is to say forget about the totally useless Compression tool in Windows for unpacking any compressed file, IMHO it isn't worth the disc space it takes up. I have a lot to do with compressed files in my support role with several Sim Racing groups and have come to the following conclusion, the only way to prevent possible corruption of extracting files to use the correct tool If you have a WinRAR file then unpack it with WinRAR ONLY ​If you have a WinZip file then unpack it with WinZip ONLY ​If you have a 7Zip file then unpack it with 7Zip ONLY They each use a specific compression algorithm and are NOT cross utility compatible even though WinRar and WinZip are supposedly so .The orbx self extracting files will usually install directly why these files would be compressed into a Zip for instance is beyond me as the installer executable is already compressed big time. But if you have files like this extract them to a temporary directory and NEVER the Desktop . Check the Directory structure is OK and then copy or move to FSX but usually the installer will do this, patches and updates might not be so flexible as they require manula overwrite permissions for instance. Let us know how you get on . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxd09 Posted April 26, 2014 Author Share Posted April 26, 2014 Thanls for help I find bought downloads install on Run command-obviously unzipped Patches need to be unzipped to install- BitZipper did it for me Can I make another request for info All patches downloaded successfully except for NA PNW.005 and US753.150 where download was interrupted and when resumed and finished resulted in a corrupted file A Server problem I suppose Any one else had this problem and is there a answer? Malcolm Beaton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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