Re: [NTLK] Newton packages won't install

Yes...that is really weird...I run "Strip" on all the Newton Pkgs before I put them up for downloads...
  Perhaps I missed the one you were trying to download...I dunno, but it's worth a try. Can you tell me the name of the package you tried to download and I'll see if my copy needs to have "strip" run on it?
  Thanks
  Ed
  web/gadget guru
xp <xp@thirring.org> wrote:
  Thanks for all the help folks, looks like Strip was what I needed. Ran it
and the packages installed fine.
Odd though, just using IE6 to download them. Next time I'll try firefox.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan"
To:
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newton packages won't install

> On 5/19/2007 10:08 PM, xp wrote:
>> Hi, trying to download some Newton packages from
>> http://newton.tek-ed.com/
>> Every package I download when I use Newton Connection utilities fails to
>> load to the Newton. Says it can't be recognized as a package. I've seen
>> that
>> this has something to do with the type/creator flag (maybe?). The only
>> apps
>> to fix this seem to be Mac apps, I'm running on the windows platform (or
>> linux).
>> Is there any hope?
>>
>
>
> Yes get the program called strip
> http://www.unna.org/unna/windows/strip.exe and give that a try. Put it
> in a folder by itself then drag and drop a COPY of your package you are
> having trouble with and then see if you can install this copy. It may
> work. Though I have never had a issue with Ed's packages like this.
> How are you downloading them? You might try a different browser and see
> if that helps the situation if strip does not work.
>
> -Dan
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