[protext] protext Digest, Vol 69, Issue 2

Thomas Feuerstack Thomas.Feuerstack at FernUni-Hagen.de
Tue Oct 11 16:43:04 CEST 2011


Am 09.10.2011 00:57, schrieb Shailesh Ashok Shirali:
> Dear Lorien,
>
>
> Re:
>
>  > I am also having this problem. I have downloaded the protext.exe file
> but it will not extract. When I click on it and then click extract on
> the screen which pops up I receive the following error:
>
>  > "The archive is either in unknown format or damaged"
>
>  > What could be the problem?
>
>  > Best,
>  > Lorien Hayden
>  > University of Missouri-Columbia
>
> I have experienced this problem many times, and have found that the
> cause invariably was that the downloaded file *is* indeed damaged. A
> simple way to check is to compare the size of the downloaded file with
> the size it is supposed to have (the web page will give you the exact
> size). At some point the download has (most likely) stopped. (Why that
> happens is a mystery to me. But all one can do is to start over - from
> scratch.)
>
> I found that when I did the downloading using Firefox, it was able to
> deal with broken connections much better than other browsers.

after all, for every protext*.exe exists a corresponding 
protext*.exe.md5 , which you can use to check it the download ran properly.

Regards - Thomas


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