help.... Problem with extracting compressed installation f..

Hi fellow XP users,
I've a problem running application installation files which comes in the
form of .exe and will first extract it's files to a temp folder. The programs
usually exited abruptly with error msgs in various forms but all are related
to "the files cannot be unpacked/extracted" etc....

I tried the same file on other PCs and it works.

System: Windows XP Pro Ver 2002 with SP2.

This is a newly reinstalled windows XP, my previous installation crashed
recently.

Thanks a million!

"Diron" <Diron.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I've a problem running application installation files which comes in the
> form of .exe and will first extract it's files to a temp folder. The programs
> usually exited abruptly with error msgs in various forms but all are related
> to "the files cannot be unpacked/extracted" etc....
>
> I tried the same file on other PCs and it works.

Unless there is the Windows Installer involved, all of these installers
are third-party. Find out what installer (eg. InstallShield, WISE) creates
that messages and BTW, cleaning the temp directory prior to any install
is always a good idea.

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