rar file help

fox007

Im having soom trouble with my Toshiba satellite l400 running vista.

I rebooted there last week or so now when I download a music or anything. I get a prompt screen saying you have chosen to save "file name" which is a rar file what should firefox do with this file? Save file? I click that then just an endless list of programs open to choose from, no matter which one i choose the file downloads then I click open it says cannot open file??Any thoughts pleases dont know what I done cheers.

kenon

Winrar

Dozen Wicked Words

Im no expert, but a program called Winrar opens rar files, I think they are just compressed files, in a similar way to zip files. But there will be much better informed posters after me Im sure.

fox007

dooferoaks wrote: »

Im no expert, but a program called Winrar opens rar files, I think they are just compressed files, in a similar way to zip files. But there will be much better informed posters after me Im sure.

yeah I downloaded winrar and still the same

kenon

dooferoaks wrote: »

Im no expert, but a program called Winrar opens rar files, I think they are just compressed files, in a similar way to zip files. But there will be much better informed posters after me Im sure.

Spot on.

kenon

fox007 wrote: »

yeah I downloaded winrar and still the same

Right click the file and then select "open with", then look for winrar.

fox007

kenon wrote: »

Right click the file and then select "open with", then look for winrar.

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Got an error message component .lavopebutton.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid

Bob Z

make sure you download BEFORE you save.


Maybe the file is corrupt

are you sure you are using vista? "error message component .lavopebutton.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid" sounds a bit like a linux message

Spear

Bob Z wrote: »

make sure you download BEFORE you save.


Maybe the file is corrupt

are you sure you are using vista? "error message component .lavopebutton.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid" sounds a bit like a linux message

I don't quite think Linux would complain much about Windows specific files being absent.

Spear

fox007 wrote: »

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Got an error message component .lavopebutton.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered a file is missing or invalid

Can you get a screenshot of exact message. I suspect the correct filename refers to a Norton AntiVirus component.

Did you get it from here? That's their official website, I'm wondering if what you downloaded is really WinRAR since I don't think that file has anything to do with it.

Soundman

Sounds like your Active X component may have become corrupt as an OCX file is to do with object linking and embedding. It is a control extension for the OLE.

It could also just be the site that you are downloading your music from. Are you using torrents or is this from a legit source?

Edit: Looks like I might be right. Been looking it up and a few other people have solved it by redownloading and installing the relevant ActiveX component from HERE

Edit 2: I attached the file below.

fox007

Soundman wrote: »

Sounds like your Active X component may have become corrupt as an OCX file is to do with object linking and embedding. It is a control extension for the OLE.

It could also just be the site that you are downloading your music from. Are you using torrents or is this from a legit source?

Edit: Looks like I might be right. Been looking it up and a few other people have solved it by redownloading and installing the relevant ActiveX component from HERE

Edit 2: I attached the file below.

Think your right sound man I use nokia music.If I reboot my laptop will that solve my problems??? great help lads thanks

Edit i went to http://www.pcpitstop.com/testax.asp it said active is not supported by my browser firefox??

yoyo

fox007 wrote: »

Think your right sound man I use nokia music.If I reboot my laptop will that solve my problems??? great help lads thanks

Edit i went to http://www.pcpitstop.com/testax.asp it said active is not supported by my browser firefox??

Try using internet explorer, allot of companies don't support firefox by only providing a active x component, meaning you must use IE :rolleyes:

Nick

kaimera

get '7z' instead for all yer zip/rar files.

fox007

kaimera wrote: »

get '7z' instead for all yer zip/rar files.

Tried that now I dont know where Im at with 7z. I just want to download my music and play it with out all this s+*.If I restore my laptop will it solve my trouble I have an external hard drive so.

kenon

fox007 wrote: »

I rebooted there last week or so now when I download a music or anything. I get a prompt screen saying you have chosen to save "file name" which is a rar file what should firefox do with this file?

fox007 wrote: »

I just want to download my music and play it with out all this s+*.If I restore my laptop will it solve my trouble I have an external hard drive so.

What I dont understand is why the music you would be downloading is in "*.rar" format? Rar is a compression standard. Is it like an album you are downloading?

Anyway, "rars, zips, cabs etc" can be opened with winzip, winrar, 7z, powerarchiver among others. If none of them work for you then there is something really wrong.

Depending on the filetype of the song you want the play it'll be itunes, windows media player, sonicstage, winamp, itunes etc etc.