On Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:20:33 -0600, Douglas Hinds wrote:
>>> The file - that was downloaded on Jan 19 from
>>> http://www.ritlabs.com/ftp/pub/the_bat/the_bat.exe
>>> is evidently not a compressed file and wants to go into a setup
>>> routine when I click on it. Do I need to go through that?
PS>> It is a self-extracting RAR archive. You can open it with e.g.
PS>> WinRAR (www.rarsoft.com) without executing it.
> I have winrar installed and expected it to take over, if the file was
> compressed, which it didn't. Thanks to your tip, I opened winrar and
> dragged the file to it, which then should it's contents.
When i rightclick on the_bat.exe, i get an entry "Open with WinRAR".
I made a habit of trying to look into an exe file before running
it...
I guess you thought of the feature of self-extracting WinZip files
that ask you if you want to run it or just open it with WinZip
> Thanks again for the tip.
You're welcome
Regards
Peter
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