Troubleshooting Packagefortheweb packages

Under some circumstances when installing an app from a Packagefortheweb archive, such as Sun’s JRE, I get a goofy error message like “Cannot run 16-bit Windows Program” or a message about a failure to find a path with long filenames in it.

It’s a bit of a pain but you can fix it.The trick is to extract the file rather than run it. I found PowerArchiver can do it. Winzip may also be able to. I wish I had a command-line utility to do it but I don’t.

Extract it to a short directory name, then move it to the root drive. Then run your setup.exe. That should be the end of your problems. Clean up afterward to eliminate directory clutter.

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  • January 20, 2005 at 11:47 pm
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    If WinZip can, indeed, solve your problem then you should download the WinZip command-line add-on utility.


    Dustin D. Cook, A+
    dcook32p@htcomp.net

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