Dont understand how to install software

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Hi, hope someone can help.

I've downloaded a few pieces of software and some of them are zipped
files, with the instructions to copy the CAB files to my device and then
click on them to install.

When I unzip the file I don't see and 'cab' files. For example, I have
just unzipped 'wisbar' which gets really good reviews (freeware) and the
files I see are:

000 file
001 file
003 file
004 file

That's all it says in the properties. The files have different names but
I have no idea which one I should put on my handheld or how.

Does that make sense? Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks


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In article <i46lu01fa0vvushc1ehpgutisqcmnqkph3@4ax.com>,
insert@address.here says...
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:22:27 -0000, MSA <onyerbikemark@yahoo.co.uk>
> removed the duct tape and proclaimed:
>
> >When I unzip the file I don't see and 'cab' files. For example, I have
> >just unzipped 'wisbar' which gets really good reviews (freeware) and the
> >files I see are:
> >
> >000 file
> >001 file
> >003 file
> >004 file
> >
> You are looking at the contents of the CAB file.
>
> --
> I put 2 and 2 together and got 22.
>


OK. So what do I do, install all of them, and then click on one to
install?
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In article <ckqlu0lff4l5jlsjh894q2m3rh7sui0l3o@4ax.com>,
insert@address.here says...
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:15:37 -0000, MSA <onyerbikemark@yahoo.co.uk>
> removed the duct tape and proclaimed:
>
> >In article <i46lu01fa0vvushc1ehpgutisqcmnqkph3@4ax.com>,
> >insert@address.here says...
> >> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:22:27 -0000, MSA <onyerbikemark@yahoo.co.uk>
> >> removed the duct tape and proclaimed:
> >>
> >> >When I unzip the file I don't see and 'cab' files. For example, I have
> >> >just unzipped 'wisbar' which gets really good reviews (freeware) and the
> >> >files I see are:
> >> >
> >> >000 file
> >> >001 file
> >> >003 file
> >> >004 file
> >> >
> >> You are looking at the contents of the CAB file.
> >>
> >> --
> >> I put 2 and 2 together and got 22.
> >>
> >
> >
> >OK. So what do I do, install all of them, and then click on one to
> >install?
>
> When you say you unzipped 'wisbar', exactly what was the name of the
> file? Specifically, what was the extension?
> --
> There are only two valid activities in this world:
> personally attending to the injured and hungry,
> and picking fights in newsgroups.
> - Lore Sjöberg
>

I unzipped the original zip file which gave me a selection of other zips
depending on my processor. I unzipped the one that was Eng.arm.

This is where it gets confusing. Winzip says it's unable to unzip using
the Wizard so I have to use the 'classic interface' instead. The file
names show and their type (which I don't recognise or understand the
format) are:

Name Type Size
Engwis~3.000 000 File 367
Wisbar~1.003 003 File 46,080
00Wisbar.002 002 File 45,056
00readme.001 001 File 282

That's exactly what it says...the file types mean nothing to me.

Thanks for youe help on this!




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"MSA" <onyerbikemark@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c5627971d4ef6b69896af@News.Individual.NET...
> In article <ckqlu0lff4l5jlsjh894q2m3rh7sui0l3o@4ax.com>,
> insert@address.here says...
> > On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 22:15:37 -0000, MSA <onyerbikemark@yahoo.co.uk>
> > removed the duct tape and proclaimed:
> >
> > >In article <i46lu01fa0vvushc1ehpgutisqcmnqkph3@4ax.com>,
> > >insert@address.here says...
> > >> On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:22:27 -0000, MSA <onyerbikemark@yahoo.co.uk>
> > >> removed the duct tape and proclaimed:
> > >>
> > >> >When I unzip the file I don't see and 'cab' files. For example, I
have
> > >> >just unzipped 'wisbar' which gets really good reviews (freeware) and
the
> > >> >files I see are:
> > >> >
> > >> >000 file
> > >> >001 file
> > >> >003 file
> > >> >004 file
> > >> >
> > >> You are looking at the contents of the CAB file.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> I put 2 and 2 together and got 22.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >OK. So what do I do, install all of them, and then click on one to
> > >install?
> >
> > When you say you unzipped 'wisbar', exactly what was the name of the
> > file? Specifically, what was the extension?
> > --
> > There are only two valid activities in this world:
> > personally attending to the injured and hungry,
> > and picking fights in newsgroups.
> > - Lore Sjöberg
> >
>
> I unzipped the original zip file which gave me a selection of other zips
> depending on my processor. I unzipped the one that was Eng.arm.
>
> This is where it gets confusing. Winzip says it's unable to unzip using
> the Wizard so I have to use the 'classic interface' instead. The file
> names show and their type (which I don't recognise or understand the
> format) are:
>
> Name Type Size
> Engwis~3.000 000 File 367
> Wisbar~1.003 003 File 46,080
> 00Wisbar.002 002 File 45,056
> 00readme.001 001 File 282
>
> That's exactly what it says...the file types mean nothing to me.


Looks like you have file extensions set to not show.

Double-click on the 00readme file and see if you don't get some
instructions.

Colbyt

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In article <gofou0pdcaqhqp6ch7ri0ctnplguhlmh8t@4ax.com>,
insert@address.here says...
>
> I have a feeling that the eng.arm is actually the CAB. Maybe you are
> not showing file extensions for some reason. That file is probably
> called eng.arm.cab.
>

But the icon is Winzip, and winzip opens to show the previously
mentioned files when I open it.

Oh, well..I'll get to the bottom of this eventually!

Thanks for your help.
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Mark (MSA)
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In article <m11ru05bv0lta8morod548t4t4jqmci8b2@4ax.com>,
insert@address.here says...
> It is quite possible that Winzip is the registered app for the .cab
> extension. Cabs are compressed archives, after all.
>

Bruno...your a star! You were right, it was the file I needed to
install. I was actually unzipping and looking inside the .cab file.
The Winzip icon was throwing me off the trail.

Thank you for your patience, your a gentleman.

Cheers,


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Mark (MSA)
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