Installing downloaded game

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Have downloaded a self-extracting game to my Games folder. When clicking on
the setup , I get a box with the message..."Unable to execute file in the
temporary directory. Setup aborted. Error 0-The operation completed
successfully." With an "OK" button below. Didn't download to a temporary
directory and definitely not successfully! Help..how can I open this game ???
 
Dave....it's not just one game, I've tried a number of them..seems to be ones
that have a "setup.exe" to start them. I've downloaded others with no
problem...I'm stymied !!

Dave Patrick said:
I'd try the developer's web site FAQ

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irish said:
Have downloaded a self-extracting game to my Games folder. When clicking
on
the setup , I get a box with the message..."Unable to execute file in the
temporary directory. Setup aborted. Error 0-The operation completed
successfully." With an "OK" button below. Didn't download to a
temporary
directory and definitely not successfully! Help..how can I open this game
???
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If you believe it's an operating system issue you might try an in-place
upgrade.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952

Be sure to apply SP4 and these two below to your repair install before
connecting to any network. Internet included. (sasser, msblast)
http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx

Then

Rollup 1 for Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...CF-8850-4531-B52B-BF28B324C662&displaylang=en


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At the top it just says "Error"...at end of message, it says "Error 0-The
operation completed." Can't seem to find anything on it.

Dave Patrick said:
What error code is generated?

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irish said:
Dave....it's not just one game, I've tried a number of them..seems to be
ones
that have a "setup.exe" to start them. I've downloaded others with no
problem...I'm stymied !!
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One thing you might try is to run "setup.exe" from the root directory of
C:\ .

- winfield

Dave....it's not just one game, I've tried a number of them..seems to be ones
that have a "setup.exe" to start them. I've downloaded others with no
problem...I'm stymied !!

:

I'd try the developer's web site FAQ

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

irish said:
Have downloaded a self-extracting game to my Games folder. When clicking
on
the setup , I get a box with the message..."Unable to execute file in the
temporary directory. Setup aborted. Error 0-The operation completed
successfully." With an "OK" button below. Didn't download to a
temporary
directory and definitely not successfully! Help..how can I open this game
???
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Dave...

I think that's a bit too complicated for me to try...I'll just do without
those games! What I can't understand tho, is if I name a file to save the
download in, and it goes there....where does this "temporary directory come
from ?? Oh well, just another mystery, I guess.

WinField....
if my game file setup.exe is in a named folder, how would I run it from C:\
??

Thanks for trying guys....I can do average things on here, but don't want to
get too complicated and screw-up what I've already got !!
Irish

WinField said:
One thing you might try is to run "setup.exe" from the root directory of
C:\ .

- winfield

Dave....it's not just one game, I've tried a number of them..seems to be ones
that have a "setup.exe" to start them. I've downloaded others with no
problem...I'm stymied !!

:

I'd try the developer's web site FAQ

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

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Have downloaded a self-extracting game to my Games folder. When clicking
on
the setup , I get a box with the message..."Unable to execute file in the
temporary directory. Setup aborted. Error 0-The operation completed
successfully." With an "OK" button below. Didn't download to a
temporary
directory and definitely not successfully! Help..how can I open this game
???
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