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BANGKOK RED

« on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 14:08:39 »

Right.

I have an exe file (A game), which I want to install. The thing is that runnning the file begins the installation without asking me which drive I want it on, instead it automatically installs onto the C: drive which is too small, and I want it on my D: drive anyway. I have tried using winrar to extract to, but that doesn't work.

So how do I get this game to install on my D: drive, is there a cmd line prompt that I should use or somefink?
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« Reply #1 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 14:15:05 »

Is the exe file on your C or D drive?
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BANGKOK RED

« Reply #2 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 14:16:14 »

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Is the exe file on your C or D drive?


D drive.
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« Reply #3 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 14:26:09 »

Strange, most programs give you an option or auto-install to the drive the install file is on.

What are you trying to install?
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BANGKOK RED

« Reply #4 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 14:32:15 »

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Strange, most programs give you an option or auto-install to the drive the install file is on.

What are you trying to install?


It's a game which has been downloaded from a torrent. And has been packaged (Cracked) into one file. I have opened it with winrar and installing from there starts of normally, giving me the option of which drive to install to but then fails because it can't find all of the data.

The other starts to install fine though, and only fails when I run out of space. It's obviously put together to avoid the copyright palava.

Any ideas, asides from stop being a cheap cunt and buy the game of course.
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« Reply #5 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 14:44:11 »

Select custom install and then create the location in D
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BANGKOK RED

« Reply #6 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 14:50:48 »

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Select custom install and then create the location in D


Damn, why did I not think of that!  :roll:  Wink  

It doesn't give me that option Si, that's the problemo.

Instead it just goes right ahead and installs to C: without me having any say in the matter.
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« Reply #7 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 14:59:31 »

Buy a Dell.
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« Reply #8 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 15:12:15 »

Dells are ace. And onions.
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« Reply #9 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 15:13:05 »

If you tick the stuff you want to install (doesn't matter if you untick and then retick) and then hit back it might come up with an install location. Otherwise it's probably because it wants to install within a shared apps location in the C drive. Perhaps if you install for a single user only?
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BANGKOK RED

« Reply #10 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 15:19:06 »

OK, I sussed it.

I had to exctract all files using winrar to a normal folder, as opposed to a winrar or any .zip folder, and then install from the extracted .msi file. Installed now and working. I hope the game is a good'un.

Still gotta do some work for another 2 hrs though. CUNT.
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« Reply #11 on: Monday, February 11, 2008, 15:27:43 »

You never extracted the file. No wonder it didn't work!
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