5536 rar file - 2.58 gb downloaded only 14kb text file inside

[Guest]

I downloaded (from Microsoft) build 5536 last night (at 3mb's down. NICE).
Anyhow, it downloaded as a *.rar file which I thought was odd since my 5472
build was just an iso. When I used winrar to open the file, the ONLY thing
it had in it was a 14kb text file. I'm somewhat miffed that I spent 3 hrs
downloading a 2.58gb file, open it and only find a 14kb text file. Does
anyone know what's going on here?

 

[Richard Urban]

To my knowledge, Microsoft only supplies Windows Vista as an .iso file.

You didn't get this from Microsoft. Over the last 15 years I have never
received "anything" from Microsoft as a .rar file.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
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Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Beck]

To my knowledge, Microsoft only supplies Windows Vista as an .iso file.

You didn't get this from Microsoft. Over the last 15 years I have never
received "anything" from Microsoft as a .rar file.

No its possible he got it from MS but winrar has assumed it belongs as a
rar.

 

[Beck]

I downloaded (from Microsoft) build 5536 last night (at 3mb's down. NICE).
Anyhow, it downloaded as a *.rar file which I thought was odd since my
5472
build was just an iso. When I used winrar to open the file, the ONLY
thing
it had in it was a 14kb text file. I'm somewhat miffed that I spent 3
hrs
downloading a 2.58gb file, open it and only find a 14kb text file. Does
anyone know what's going on here?

I have seen this reported elsewhere, winrar should not open this file, its
adopted the file extension.
Don't open it with winrar. Open your burning program and choose to burn new
image file then browse to your ISO download.

 

[Richard Urban]

Like I said. He didn't get a .rar file from Microsoft - at least not Vista.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Beck]

Like I said. He didn't get a .rar file from Microsoft - at least not
Vista.

My point is he may not have got a rar file at all. He may have assumed it
was rar because winrar took it.

 

[Alan Adams]

Like I said. He didn't get a .rar file from Microsoft - at least not Vista.

WinRAR, if left to its own devices, will become the default handler
for .ISO is Beck's point.

And on the UDF-format DVD image, indeed a single .TXT file is all that
you would see "inside" the ISO from within WinRAR.

Alan Adams

 

[Guest]

I talked to my brother last night who works for Micron, he suggested that I
might rename the file from *.rar to *.iso.

This was downloaded from Microsoft. I think that if I just rename the file
and mount it onto a virtual drive that perhaps it'll work for me. If it
turns out to be that iso that I want, I can just burn it to DVD.

 

[Tim Payne]

It is .iso already. Winrar has "hijacked" the .iso extension so the file
appears to be a Winrar file. It ain't. It's an ISO file. Just burn it (as
an image, not as a file).

To see what I mean, open your Documents folder (or wherever the file is),
press the <Alt> key, click Tools, Folder Options, View and in Advanced
Settings, uncheck Hide extensions for known file types and click OK.

Surprise! It's a .iso.

There's a whole generation coming up who have never seen a file extension.
I'm feeling old.

 

[andy]

I talked to my brother last night who works for Micron, he suggested that I
might rename the file from *.rar to *.iso.

This was downloaded from Microsoft. I think that if I just rename the file
and mount it onto a virtual drive that perhaps it'll work for me. If it
turns out to be that iso that I want, I can just burn it to DVD.

Go to WinRAR Options > Settings > Integration, and remove the check
before ISO.