Detect Multiple Routers

[cordell23]

HI, I downloaded Detect Multiple Routers but every time I try to open it, it opens then closes. Am I doing something wrong?

[Shane]

Try removing the manifest file in the same folder and see if that helps.

Let me know

Shane

[cordell23]

It is working now. Thank you!

[Evan]

Did deleting the manifest file fix the problem or did you do something else?

Evan

[hrkelley]

I suffer the same problem.  The file comes as an executable.  How do I remove the manifest?

[Evan]

The manifest file is located in the same directory as the program. Just delete it and see if it helps.

Evan

[hrkelley]

how do I separate the directory on a file named detect_routers.exe

I guess I've always just run files that are identified as executables.  I've never attempted to edit them first.

[Evan]

The manifest file is a separate file. It isn't part of the EXE. When you first download the tool it is a self extracting zip file in the form of an exe. When you run the program it should extract a directory ("Detect Routers") that contains 2 files ("detect_routers.exe" and "detect_routers.exe.manifest"). If you are having trouble having the program extract itself then you can change the extension to ".zip" and extract the files manually. I assumed you had already extracted the files and the program wasn't running correctly. Is this the case?

Evan

[hrkelley]

the file downloaded as an executable and did not indicate it was a zip file.  My software attempted to execute it but crashed.  I saved the file where I could open it with a zip utility, unzipped and then ran the executable code which now worked.  I think the problem was it was not self-extracting on my PC and my PC did not attempt to extract a file not identified as .zip or .rar

I have it working now.  thanks

[Shane]

Odd it wasnt extracting. Glad you got it working.

I made the extracting exe with winrar

Shane

[Evan]

I just tried it myself and it worked fine. There wasn't any indication that it worked but I found the directory in the same directory as the original exe. Did you change the extension to *.zip before you used your zip utility or did you just try to extract the exe? What program did you use?

Evan

[hrkelley]

I just used a freeware program 7-zip.  I opened the 7-zip program, located the downloaded file and then had it un-zip it.
When I double click the original download it attempts to run it but crashes.  I don't think I have rar extraction software on this PC since the hard drive was dumped a few months ago.  That may be the issue.

[Shane]

7-zip is good, I have it as well.

You shouldn't need any rar software. The self extracting exe should work as is. I am at a loss why it would crash on yours. Would you get a crash window?

Only reason I made it a self extracting exe was because a few users kept running the exes from the zips without extracting first. So the exe couldn't use the other files in the zips. So to stop that I made them self extracting.

Shane