SidB Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 Hi, I've extracted files from a self-extracting installer (.exe file with winrar) on my HDD, so that I can burn them on a cd, but the files become corrupt as soon as they are extracted. When I click on setup, a message warns me of fatal error.Where can this come from? Can anyone please inform me of what I should do exactly?Thanks in advanceSid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark007 Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 (edited) There are probably hidden switches being applied to the setup file.such as: setup.exe /qb /norestartto see these switches, run the following command from a command prompt:Find /I "RunProgram=" "FullPath\to\SelfExtractNameHere.exe"of course, replace FullPath\to\SelfExtractNameHere with the appropriate information.shark Edited December 11, 2005 by Shark007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHz Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 Burning at high speeds is known for corrupting compressed files. The more compressed the data that you burn, the slower you should burn for success. Low quality CD media can also cause some problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidB Posted December 14, 2005 Author Share Posted December 14, 2005 Thanks for your replies.Shark007, the path of the file is E:\OfficeSTD.exeSo I entered Find /I "RunProgram=" " E:\OfficeSTD.exe" in cmd (following E:)Is that what I had to do?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark007 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Thanks for your replies.Shark007, the path of the file is E:\OfficeSTD.exeSo I entered Find /I "RunProgram=" " E:\OfficeSTD.exe" in cmd (following E:)Is that what I had to do?Yep, except i noticed a SPACE just before the E:\" E:\OfficeSTD.exe" This woud cause the command to fail.shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frechdax3000 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 .....to see these switches, run the following command from a command prompt:Find /I "RunProgram=" "FullPath\to\SelfExtractNameHere.exe"of course, replace FullPath\to\SelfExtractNameHere with the appropriate information.sharkworks this with every installer/setup ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark007 Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 (edited) works this with every installer/setup ?No. This command only works on switchless installers crearted with 7zip.shark Edited December 15, 2005 by Shark007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidB Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 I tried that command, and the only thing I get is---------- E:\OFFICESTD.EXEIs that because it wasn't created with 7zip (the file is the office 2003 trial found on MS website)?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark007 Posted December 16, 2005 Share Posted December 16, 2005 I tried that command, and the only thing I get is---------- E:\OFFICESTD.EXEIs that because it wasn't created with 7zip (the file is the office 2003 trial found on MS website)?correct.shark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidB Posted December 16, 2005 Author Share Posted December 16, 2005 What can I do in this case to get extracted files work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidB Posted December 22, 2005 Author Share Posted December 22, 2005 No solution?Should I try another extractor or something like that? That's the only problem I am having, once I extract the files they won't work correctly. Only does when I run the self-extracting installer (SFX CAB archive) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempuser Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Tools:1. Winrar2. Programs that you want to compress and autoinstall.3. Winrar:select create SFXselect advance tabselect sfx optionselect general tabselect setup program: enter your string i.e. exe /s or msi/qn etc.select modes tabselect unpack to temp folderselect hide allselect overwrite allclick ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SidB Posted December 23, 2005 Author Share Posted December 23, 2005 Thanks for your answer, but I don't want to compress files and autoinstall, but Uncompress an SFX archive so that I can burn the files. When I open the SFX installer, it unpack to a temp folder and works fine but if I unpack these files manually (using winrar or whatever) it won't work. That is the problem.ThanksSid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempuser Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 your in the wrong forum. pls ask moderator to move your topic to windows help. this does not belong to application installs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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