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Subject: Re: I Give up on the Tiger book

Author: Wayne Lowrance

Date: 23:49:44 04/15/01

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On April 15, 2001 at 21:20:49, Paul wrote:

>On April 15, 2001 at 21:19:08, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>On April 15, 2001 at 17:07:21, Paul wrote:
>>
>>>On April 15, 2001 at 16:24:50, Wayne Lowrance wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have done over and over again the instructions given to me here on CCC and at
>>>>the Rebel download site.
>>>>I wanna tell you this  there _aint_ no "swap.bat file after extraction, period !
>>>>
>>>>When i go to extract (prior to) there is a swap.bat file in the winzip
>>>>extraction window. I select _all_ and extract it to rebel-tiger II. and there is
>>>>no file on my hard drive called swap.bat !!!
>>>>Thank you all for helping me, it is useless.
>>>>I think it is a stupid way to implement the gambit book. I have no trouble
>>>>downloading and uzipping files including T14/GT2 etc. This has put me into a
>>>>very mean mood.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks for trying in particuliar Sarah
>>>>Wayne
>>>
>>>Hi Wayne,
>>>
>>>I think your Windows Explorer is set so that it doesn't show known filetypes.
>>>The file you want only shows up as "swap". You can click that one, or ...
>>>
>>>If you want to change your settings so you can see the .bat part, do this:
>>>
>>>1. open Windows Explorer
>>>2. choose the View menu item, en then Folder Options item
>>>3. in the dialog box that comes up, change to the View tab
>>>4. click on the little box in front of the line that says:
>>>   "Hide file extensions for known file types"
>>>5. click on Ok
>>>
>>>Hope this helps,
>>>Paul
>>
>>Nice job Paul, I'm sure this is actually the reason.
>>Didn't even think of it, it's been so long since I changed
>>settings to show all files.
>>
>>Sarah.
>
>Thanks!!

BINGO, Thank you Paul I now have that bugger in windows explorer. Have company
over from Colorado staying with us, so my comp time is limited. But now I am
confident that I can get the TGII book working.
My thanks to all who have helped me
Wayne



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