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  Re: Corrupt installation file, sigh...  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 17 Apr 2002 10:31:21
Message: <3cbd8739$1@news.povray.org>
"Sir Charles W. Shults III" <aic### [at] cflrrcom> wrote in message
news:3cbd8649$1@news.povray.org...
>     I'm on Roadrunner cable service, using IE5, direct clicking the link and
it
> comes over in a few seconds.  The filesize looks right, 8,138,555 bytes.  The
> error occurs on C:/ ...../bin/povcmax2.dll and gives "corrupt file" error.  I
> have made three different downloads, at three different times to no avail.
>     I always use the same links and download method, and when downloading the
> program, it never works on the first try, and usually works on the second or
> third.  There has got to be a simple explanation for this.
>

A suggested work-around would be to download the VC compile, which is just the
.exe and therefore considerably smaller.

Are you de-installing the previous version? Dunno if this would make any
difference, but it's what I always do (obviously DON'T do this if you go for the
VC compile).


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