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HermusHermus Registered User regular
edited December 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey H/A, I came here to ask a computer related question because frankly, I am fucking terrible with just about anything having to do with computers.

Anyway, I downloaded the 7-day trial version of The Lord of the Rings Online, but when I try to open the files, they won't open. It says: "Windows cannot open this file: lotrosetup-1.bin. To open this file, Windows needs to know what program created it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs on your computer."

Then it gives me the options of using a web service to find the appropriate program or selecting the program from a list.

I think the problem has something to do with the file being a .bin file, but I'm not sure.
If anyone can help me, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    where'd you get the files, because on the LotRO site it looks like an executable (exe) installer download.

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  • HermusHermus Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    First I had to download the downloader from the site, and then the game downloaded.

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Hermus wrote: »
    First I had to download the downloader from the site, and then the game downloaded.

    Maybe the downloader is supposed to extract the bin files?

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  • Al_watAl_wat Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Bin files are images are they not?

    If I'm right you can use something like Daemon tools which is a virtual drive. Basically it opens the image file and windows treats it like its another drive - it will show up in my computer.

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  • DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2007
    A .bin file can be a disc image, but more often than not it's just a binary data file. There is no universal app for opening a .bin.

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  • lunchbox12682lunchbox12682 MinnesotaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Is there a Linux client?
    Often Linux executables are .bin extensions.

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  • DeswaDeswa Registered User regular
    edited December 2007
    Ruckus wrote: »
    Hermus wrote: »
    First I had to download the downloader from the site, and then the game downloaded.

    Maybe the downloader is supposed to extract the bin files?
    This is what I recall it doing, assuming it is still working the same way it was during beta.

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