At 14:18 -0800 03/18/2002, William Smith wrote:
>Just got 14 free days at Ancestor so I could check out >census reports. To read page I needed a downloadable >plug in-did so- the one for Mac. Clicked the icon and >Stuffit unstuffed. Clicked the new icon and was told >it couldn't find Stuffit to open up. ??????? is my >confusion. Suggestions. Bill Smith There are a couple or three possibilities. One is that the file was both binhex'ed and stuffed. In that case after Stuffit de-binhexes the file it still must be unstuffed. Another possibility is that your Mac mistakenly thinks the file is a stuffit archive when it isn't. My old machine constantly launched Stuffit when I double clicked PDF files which didn't have the Acrobat identifier. The first thing I would try is to launch a copy of StuffIt Expander (it's at least up to v. 5.5) and then choose Expand in the File menu and navigate to the file you downloaded. Also, make sure you downloaded a good copy. Sometimes it helps to Option-Click on the download link. Third possibility is just that the file they have on their web site is bad. Oh, another possibility. I assume this is an application you're trying to launch. Some really ancient applications that run under OS 6.x are treated like documents under OS 7 and later. So if this is a really ancient application, rather than launching it, your OS would try to treat it like a document and gets confused. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | PowerON Computer Services <http://www.poweron.com> REPLACEMENT PARTS in STOCK Drives, CD-ROMs, RAM, Processors, Power Supply <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
