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NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

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    NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

    Hello, i am a modder for the game medieval total war 2 kingdoms. I am currently modding on a mod called p italica and I am having problems once i download the beta it opens up in WINRAR their are 4 folders the p italica the scrips the pictures and the launch button. When i try and extract p italica to my main med2 directory

    program files/sega/med2/

    It says system cannot find path specified




    what should i do?

    I know its a vista problem because on my XP system i extracted it easily

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  2. #2


    Ken Nichols Guest

    Re: NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

    I suggest you try running WINRAR in administrator mode (and maybe even with
    XP compatability). It sounds like you don't have write permissions on the
    directory you are trying to copy the files too.

    Hope that helps.

    ~Ken

    "texasallstar696" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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    >
    > Hello, i am a modder for the game medieval total war 2 kingdoms. I am
    > currently modding on a mod called p italica and I am having problems
    > once i download the beta it opens up in WINRAR their are 4 folders the p
    > italica the scrips the pictures and the launch button. When i try and
    > extract p italica to my main med2 directory
    >
    > program files/sega/med2/
    >
    > It says system cannot find path specified
    >
    >
    > what should i do?
    >
    > I know its a vista problem because on my XP system i extracted it
    > easily
    >
    >
    > --
    > texasallstar696

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      Thread Starter

    Re: NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

    bump

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    Join Date : Feb 2009
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      Thread Starter

    Re: NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

    Well you see the thing is i am in administrator mode or is their another thing i have to do like in winrar is their something i need to turn on. Because I am the administrator.

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    Ken Nichols Guest

    Re: NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

    Right click on the WINRAR icon, and go to Properties (last item on the
    menu). Click the Compatibility tab, and click both "Run this program in
    compatibility mode" for Windows XP and the "Run this program as an
    administrator" options. Then click OK, and start it. You should get a UAC
    prompt. Click through it and when WINRAR starts, open your archive file.
    I'm pretty sure you should then be able to unpack to the Program Files
    directory tree now.

    BTW, running an app in an administrator account is not the same as running
    an app with administrator privelages. I know it makes no sense, but that's
    the way it is with apps not designed to work with Vista's new Use Account
    Control.

    Let us know if it this works.

    ~Ken

    "texasallstar696" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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    >
    > Well you see the thing is i am in administrator mode or is their another
    > thing i have to do like in winrar is their something i need to turn on.
    > Because I am the administrator.
    >
    >
    > --
    > texasallstar696

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    Joe Guest

    Re: NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

    texasallstar696 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in
    news:b55fc4eb02a0535601723e7641940710@xxxxxx-gateway.com:

    >
    > Hello, i am a modder for the game medieval total war 2 kingdoms. I am
    > currently modding on a mod called p italica and I am having problems
    > once i download the beta it opens up in WINRAR their are 4 folders the
    > p italica the scrips the pictures and the launch button. When i try
    > and extract p italica to my main med2 directory
    >
    > program files/sega/med2/
    >
    > It says system cannot find path specified
    >
    > what should i do?
    Anything installed into Program Files is "PROTECTED" (Mainly from
    Viruses and programs that should NOT be saving files in Program Files),
    so you can right-click WinRAR and run as admin, or you can install TW2K
    into another folder like C:\Games

    That'll elliminate the problem altogether.

    Welcome to Vista Security, enjoy the cake.

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    Joe

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    Joe Guest

    Re: NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

    texasallstar696 <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in
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    > bump
    There's no bumping in Usenet, please get off my network.

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  8. #8


    EN4CER Guest

    Re: NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files

    Try using a different program to unzip the files. Did you attempt to extract
    with the default windows program? If so then try again with 7-ZIP (free, no
    spyware). If that still doesn't work go into the USER control panel and make
    sure you have FULL administrative rights.

    Another thing to try is to manually create that directory and then tell the
    extraction wizard to extract there. If all of the above fail then try a drag
    and drop extraction without using any wizard. If you're still having
    problems let us know. As Joe said, don't bump, this is not a forum.



    "texasallstar696" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
    news:b55fc4eb02a0535601723e7641940710@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

    >
    > Hello, i am a modder for the game medieval total war 2 kingdoms. I am
    > currently modding on a mod called p italica and I am having problems
    > once i download the beta it opens up in WINRAR their are 4 folders the p
    > italica the scrips the pictures and the launch button. When i try and
    > extract p italica to my main med2 directory
    >
    > program files/sega/med2/
    >
    > It says system cannot find path specified
    >
    >
    > what should i do?
    >
    > I know its a vista problem because on my XP system i extracted it
    > easily
    >
    >
    > --
    > texasallstar696

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  9. #9


    chelleng Guest

    Re: NEED HELP vista wont let me extract files


    its really simple. the default is windows explorer.

    to get back at that, you open your command prompt
    to get there go start > all programs > accessories > command prompt


    there type:

    cmd /c assoc .zip=CompressedFolder

    this should work.


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