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nugeneral -> Q on digital download (5/25/2008 6:07:37 AM)

i purchased AT today, just the digital version. i want to burn to a disk-should i burn the zip or the .exe file?

thanks



hermanhum -> FW: (5/25/2008 6:43:07 AM)

I think that you are perfectly fine with just burning the *.exe file. From what I've been told, the only reason why the *.exe file is placed within a *.zip file is because some systems do not allow users DL access to files named *.exe. Placing them within a *.zip file seems to get around this problem.



JudgeDredd -> RE: FW: (5/25/2008 9:14:54 AM)

Yep...what he said. Burn the exe.



sterckxe -> RE: FW: (5/25/2008 2:04:58 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: hermanhum
I think that you are perfectly fine with just burning the *.exe file. From what I've been told, the only reason why the *.exe file is placed within a *.zip file is because some systems do not allow users DL access to files named *.exe. Placing them within a *.zip file seems to get around this problem.


Another reason is that it makes it more easy to detect a corrupt download - if you can't extract the exe from the zip it's a corrupt download but if you downloaded an exe straight there's no easy way of telling if the download succeeded or not

BTW : glad to see you got reinstated here [;)]

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx



nugeneral -> RE: FW: (5/25/2008 6:03:47 PM)

ok thanks much



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