Downloaded POI's wont unzip?

irvine6 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 08, 2007 Posts: 5

OK

So downloaded some POI's like food, fuel etc... and when i go to unzip the file it says file is corrupt or nothing in the file

Can someone help please im despret:(

Thanks

andydigital44 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 29, 2005 Posts: 193

Try changing the name of the file, shorten it to something simple like mypoi.zip and then try opening it.

If it still wont open then its probably corrupted during initial download, delete it and download it again.

irvine6 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 08, 2007 Posts: 5

thanks for your quick reply

Ive tryed downloading them a few times but just still say the same thing
"something wrong with the file"

andydigital44 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 29, 2005 Posts: 193

Ok a little more info will be required by the folks on the forum.

1 What OS are you using i.e. XP, Vista 32 / 64 bit

2 What browser are you using to download the file with i.e. IE6 / 7, Firefox, etc.

3 What are you using to open the archive (zip) file with, are you using the in built support in XP for example or are you using WinZIP, or maybe WinRar.

Cant guarentee i can help you but people will probably ask for this info anyway.

irvine6 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 08, 2007 Posts: 5

OK im using

windows XP
IE5 or 6 not sure
and tried unzipping with the standard 1 which is on windows and used unzip wizard i will try winrar now

everything says file is empty or curruped or something wrong with it

Thanks for your help.

andydigital44 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 29, 2005 Posts: 193

Have you tried ticking the "show link" box next to the download button when you are ready to download the poi's. Try downloading the zip that way and see if it makes any difference.

mikealder · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:43 pm Post subject:

Have you tried selecting the check box entitled "Show Link" adjacent to the download button? I find this works with most of the POI download files, although if you use the combine sub-category option there are a few that fail to work correctly (too many sub-cats) these can be downloaded in parts then combined on your PC to produce the single file, food & drink is one of these categories I have experianced problems with, I can e-mail you the files later if you want, as I have the files on the PC @ home (mobile at the moment)
Try downloading with the show link ticked and let us know if that improves matters - Mike

irvine6 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 08, 2007 Posts: 5

I have downloaded winrar and it seems to have unzipped them upto now but im not sure till i can get them on my tomtom to see if they have worked.

If not i will email if that is ok mike?

Thanks andy aswell

irvine6 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Mar 08, 2007 Posts: 5

Thanks lads managed to sort it now

I installed winrar and clicked on show files and it worked a treat

Thanks.. :D

andydigital44 · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 29, 2005 Posts: 193

Glad to hear you got it sorted.

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