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Firefox Problem Downloading Compiler ZIP

 Keywords:  Firefox Mozilla Web Browser Problem Downloading Compiler ZIP Compiler.ZIP Compiler.EXE

Question:

I just downloaded the compiler, and then tried to run the EXE. I was surprised to receive an error message informing me "The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you are running. Check your computer's system information to see if you need an x86(32 bit) or x64(64 bit)version of the program, then contact the software publisher".

Going back to the download page, I noted that the text referred to downloading a ZIP file but the actual download is an EXE (so this needs correcting).

Answer:

The file you are downloading is in fact a .ZIP not a self-extracting EXE.This problem has nothing to do with Win7 or 64 bit incompatibility.

Unfortunately the problem lies with the Web browser you are using. It is not correctly identifying the .ZIP file. I have heard of users of FireFox having this problem. For some reason Firefox either defaults or incorrectly identifies the file type as EXE. Make sure you are saving the file with a .ZIP extension.

Are you in fact using FireFox? If so maybe try the following:

Change or reset actions for file types Firefox may be set to handle certain types of files with an automatic action and sometimes it is not what you want or may result in errors. For example, Firefox may automatically open a certain file type with an application or plugin, when you would rather save the file. Check for entries related to the problem file type via "Tools|Options|Content/File Types| Manage..." (Firefox 2 ) or "Tools|Options|Applications" (Firefox 3) and change the action. For more information, see File types and download actions.

You can reset all file download actions to the default settings by removing the mimeTypes.rdf file from the Firefox profile folder, as follows:

  1. Close Firefox completely
  2. Open the Firefox profile folder. Important: this folder is hidden by default on Windows and Linux. Read this for help finding it.
  3. Delete (or rename) the "mimeTypes.rdf" file (a new file will be created when you next start Firefox) {filename}.exe could not be opened, because an unknown error occurred. Try saving to disk first and then opening this file. If you see this error, delete (or rename) the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder, as explained above. This will resolve an issue in which Firefox tries to open executable (exe) files, which causes this error to occur.
Reference:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_save_or_download_files

http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions


Article ID:   W17694
Filename:   Firefox Problem Downloading Compiler ZIP.txt
File Created: 2011:01:26:09:52:04
Last Updated: 2011:01:26:09:52:04