"Expander will not work without the Stuffit Engine..."

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"Expander will not work without the Stuffit Engine..."

I've been trying to download the new Windows Media Player for Mac, and after it downloads to my desktop and I click on the icon, which appears as a gray folder with "sitx' written diagonally across it and a green "G" in the corner, I get the following error message: "Expander will not work without the Stuffit Engine. Please reinstall from the original installer."

I recently upgraded my system from 10.2.8 to Tiger. I loaded the installation CD's from both of these operating systems into my computer and tried to install/reinstall the software applications from both of these CD/DVD's but this didn't solve the problem. i couldn't specifically find the "Stuffit Engine" on either of these CD/DVD's either. And I really don't know how to go about fixxing this problem and getting the Stuffit applications to work.

Can anyone talk me through how to fix this problem? Is it possible to download the "Stuffit Engine" online?

Thanks,
Bill

Posted on Oct 7, 2005 12:14 AM

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Answer 1

Gulliver

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Oct 7, 2005 1:15 AM in response to William Cimikoski

Hi William,

while doing the reinstall chances are good that the system installer also reinstalled an earlier version of StuffIt engine. Go to www.versiontracker.com and search for "Stuffit Expander". It is freeware, so you can download and reinstall the latest version (ver.10).

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Answer 2

Oct 7, 2005 4:19 AM in response to William Cimikoski

Thanks a lot, Gulliver... I learned that Stuffit Expander doesn't come with Tiger... so it must have gotten lost when I upgraded. That's really weird that Tiger wouldn't come with it... How are you supposed to unzip things with Tiger, then?

I was able to find the Stuffit Engine, though, by going to a website called Allume or something like that. It had all of the Stuffit "stuff" on there and I was able to download it easily. Thanks a lot for telling me about the other site that has it, too.

Bill

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