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DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club
"We're off, like a heard of turtles." Commack, NY USA
189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs,
751.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 01 2011 15:45 ET by Ethan Olshever
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Whenever I download something, especially something that should come in a compressed folder, it comes in an Internet Explorer file, and when I open it, it opens maybe 10 or 15 IE windows that can't be closed unless I take the battery out of my laptop. I downloaded BitZipper for free, but the 30 day trial is up, and I need a solution to this problem.
Why are these files not downloading as compressed folders?
Thanks!
Ethan OlsheverFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club
"We're off, like a heard of turtles." Commack, NY USA
189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs,
751.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 18:30 ET by Ethan Olshever
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Any help? This problem needs to be addressed soon, because it is a huge hassle.
Ethan OlsheverFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA4965
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 07 2007
Online Quintuple Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Saratoga Springs, UT USA
1,195 legs, 3,500.8 hours
566 legs,
825.5 hours online 1,174 legs,
3,437.6 hours ACARS 26 legs,
51.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 18:41 ET by Alan Cluff
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I'm guessing no one has any idea what to do with this Ethan. What Microsoft operating system are you using?
Alan CluffSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club
"We're off, like a heard of turtles." Commack, NY USA
189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs,
751.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 20:00 ET by Ethan Olshever
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I have Vista 64 bit
Ethan OlsheverFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA8993
Captain, B747-400
Joined on August 14 2010
Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"KJBR go Red Wolves" Washington, DC
185 legs, 837.1 hours
62 legs,
214.0 hours online 185 legs,
837.1 hours ACARS 202 legs, 858.6 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 21:14 ET by William Stroud
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If all is fails, get WinZip and use Firefox or Chrome or another browser.
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DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club
"We're off, like a heard of turtles." Commack, NY USA
189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs,
751.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 21:19 ET by Ethan Olshever
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William Stroud wrote:
If all is fails, get WinZip and use Firefox or Chrome or another browser.
I am using Chrome, and the problem still exists. Chrome is the only browser I use.
Ethan OlsheverFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA4295
Captain, B767-300
Joined on April 05 2007
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Stratford, CT USA
212 legs, 397.9 hours
194 legs,
368.4 hours online 190 legs,
356.7 hours ACARS 3 legs,
6.7 hours event 19 legs dispatched, 10.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 22:08 ET by John Alusik
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download 7-zip and right click on it and open the archive through the 7-zip option. http://7-zip.org/
John AlusikCaptain, B767-300
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DVA7620
First Officer, B777-200
OLP
Joined on July 21 2009
"Dream" NJ USA
66 legs, 105.0 hours
55 legs,
89.5 hours online 63 legs,
99.1 hours ACARS 16 legs,
31.4 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 22:42 ET by Neil Sarna
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try updating Chrome or something. I normally use IE8 and recently tried out Google Chrome and i love it except for the downloads.
Whenever i have to download something i use IE8
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DVA4965
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 07 2007
Online Quintuple Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Saratoga Springs, UT USA
1,195 legs, 3,500.8 hours
566 legs,
825.5 hours online 1,174 legs,
3,437.6 hours ACARS 26 legs,
51.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 22:43 ET by Alan Cluff
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I'm using IE8 and don't have this problem. I also use the internal zip functionality within Windows.
Alan CluffSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA4595
Senior Captain, A320
OLP
Joined on June 15 2007
B757 100 Club
Everett 500 Club
Tri-Jet Triumph
50 State Club
Millennium Club
Online Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"How 'bout them Dawgs?" Cumming, GA
1,369 legs, 1,902.0 hours
1,272 legs,
1,763.2 hours online 1,322 legs,
1,831.0 hours ACARS 52 legs,
95.6 hours event 3 legs dispatched, 10.8
hours
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Posted onPost created on
February 03 2011 23:11 ET by Mark Springsteen
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I agree with Alan, the internal zip with windows 7 is the best one out there.....and it's free!
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DVA4965
Senior Captain, B737-800
Joined on September 07 2007
Online Quintuple Century Club
Million Mile Club
Millennium Club
Everett Millennium Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Saratoga Springs, UT USA
1,195 legs, 3,500.8 hours
566 legs,
825.5 hours online 1,174 legs,
3,437.6 hours ACARS 26 legs,
51.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
February 04 2011 12:36 ET by Alan Cluff
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Try using IE8 until you get your Chrome issues sorted out. I downloaded the exact file you are trying to download last night and had zero issues. My FSX is screaming now by the way with that frame limiter dll and cfg install. Thanks Mark and Bryan!!!
Alan CluffSenior Captain, B737-800
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DVA5919
Captain, MD-11
Joined on May 13 2008
Everett Century Club
50 State Club
Quatercentenary Club
Commuter Conquest
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"...and don't call me Shirley" Hillsboro, OR USA
494 legs, 1,357.8 hours
4 legs,
3.7 hours online 493 legs,
1,355.3 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 04 2011 15:00 ET by Jack Vogel
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The reason you have a problem is the program that is set up as 'default' for these
compressed zip files is apparently IE (yuck :))
So, apart from installing an alternative you need to go into the "Default Programs"
panel and get rid of this unfortunate default.
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DVA8622
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on April 14 2010
Century Club
"We're off, like a heard of turtles." Commack, NY USA
189 legs, 783.0 hours
182 legs,
751.4 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 04 2011 15:16 ET by Ethan Olshever
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Alan Cluff wrote:
I'm using IE8 and don't have this problem. I also use the internal zip functionality within Windows.
Mark Springsteen wrote:
I agree with Alan, the internal zip with windows 7 is the best one out there.....and it's free!
That's the problem, I can't unzip anything because there is nothing to unzip.
Jack Vogel wrote:
The reason you have a problem is the program that is set up as 'default' for these
compressed zip files is apparently IE (yuck :))
So, apart from installing an alternative you need to go into the "Default Programs"
panel and get rid of this unfortunate default.
What program do I set it to?
Ethan OlsheverFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA9181
Captain, B757-200
Joined on November 07 2010
Bellevue, WA USA
81 legs, 386.0 hours
7 legs,
15.3 hours online 81 legs,
386.0 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
February 04 2011 16:24 ET by Ivaylo Ivanov
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Set it to the program with which you open ZIP files. I use Winrar, but there are many alternatives out there. Winzip also works.
Ivaylo IvanovCaptain, B757-200
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