I received this email from someone having trouble running one of our coding snacks downloads (i've edited it for a bit of clarity)
ANSWER:
Unless the zip file contains a single setup exe program, you always need to UNPACK/EXTRACT the zip file first, creating a new folder with the contents of the zip file in it.
This new folder with the extracted contents of the zip file will be the new home of this program - you can then move the folder someplace permanent and run the program from there.
So in short, don't try to run programs from inside zip file directly - always extract the files first, otherwise the program won't be able to find its data files.
Quote
"I downloaded the zip file, but when i ran the exe program inside the zip file it says something about some missing files.
Is there something I'm doing wrong?"
ANSWER:
Unless the zip file contains a single setup exe program, you always need to UNPACK/EXTRACT the zip file first, creating a new folder with the contents of the zip file in it.
This new folder with the extracted contents of the zip file will be the new home of this program - you can then move the folder someplace permanent and run the program from there.
So in short, don't try to run programs from inside zip file directly - always extract the files first, otherwise the program won't be able to find its data files.
