CPAC Installation with DOSBOX under Windows7 64 bit

[Dieter]

(06-01-2015 01:59 AM)Kunio Yamada Wrote:  I have failed to install CPAC with DOSBOX under Windows7 64 bit.
The following message appear during installation from original
diskettes and have not continued.
----Error-------
The compressed files in this directory should be
decompressed. They cannot be used while they are
compressed.
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Well, then simply do as the error message tells you: decompress the compressed files. ;-)

These are the ones with the .ARJ suffix. In the 90s, ARJ was a popular compression tool. Like PKzip whose suffix was .zip, which you may be more familiar with. All you need is a suitable program that can handle these files. Maybe this is even possible with common programs like winzip – but I don't know for sure.

EDIT: I once again looked at the file list, and I noticed this:

1994/05/04 16:53 59,686 DEARJ.EXE

This sounds like the decompressor you need. Try it with one of the .arj files, like this:

DEARJ APPS.ARJ

The compressed files within apps.arj now should be extracted.

Dieter