The source file is corrupted: installations..
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Hello,
so let me explain: for some time now, I've been struggling to install certain games or other software. Indeed, I receive the error message
An error occurred during file copying: the source file is corrupt
Now the real problem is that I've searched absolutely everywhere (especially on this site) and found NOTHING coherent; most state that it's a drive issue, except these are downloadable games that aren't working for me, and no, they aren't illegal downloads, a demo of Trine is official and legal and it's not working. The same goes for Dragonica, which is a free MMORPG. SO I don't understand anything and I would like to have my games.
Something makes me think of a temporary file problem since the non-working files are located in the temp folder... Afterwards, I have no idea what they're doing there and not on the desktop where I downloaded the setup.exe file.
Please, O great masters of computing, help this poor amateur who can't find answers to his questions!
Thank you in advance.
so let me explain: for some time now, I've been struggling to install certain games or other software. Indeed, I receive the error message
An error occurred during file copying: the source file is corrupt
Now the real problem is that I've searched absolutely everywhere (especially on this site) and found NOTHING coherent; most state that it's a drive issue, except these are downloadable games that aren't working for me, and no, they aren't illegal downloads, a demo of Trine is official and legal and it's not working. The same goes for Dragonica, which is a free MMORPG. SO I don't understand anything and I would like to have my games.
Something makes me think of a temporary file problem since the non-working files are located in the temp folder... Afterwards, I have no idea what they're doing there and not on the desktop where I downloaded the setup.exe file.
Please, O great masters of computing, help this poor amateur who can't find answers to his questions!
Thank you in advance.
Configuration: Windows Vista Firefox 3.0.11
5 réponses
Friends, I have the solution :)
Just download the zip version (normally it's unreadable, it's in Windows Media Player or VLC format :)) then you just need to extract the downloaded file to a folder you can remember (for example: Downloads) with WinRAR. After that, go to the folder where you extracted everything and click on the game's logo :P Dragonica or Sims :) install it and that's it :P
Hoping this helps you :) my game has crashed a good ten times, but I was able to redo the process each time. If you didn't understand, let me know the problem ;) a+++
Just download the zip version (normally it's unreadable, it's in Windows Media Player or VLC format :)) then you just need to extract the downloaded file to a folder you can remember (for example: Downloads) with WinRAR. After that, go to the folder where you extracted everything and click on the game's logo :P Dragonica or Sims :) install it and that's it :P
Hoping this helps you :) my game has crashed a good ten times, but I was able to redo the process each time. If you didn't understand, let me know the problem ;) a+++
Hello, I have the same problem as you but with the game Flyff that I downloaded legally from the gpotato website and at a quarter of the download it tells me that the source file is corrupted. I have downloaded the game twice but without success. HELP. (I am on Vista and I am downloading with Google Chrome.)
Hold a link where you can directly download Dragonica in zip format ;) http://statistics.gpotato.eu/...
Copy the entire link and paste it into the bar at the top of the internet :)
I hope I helped you, bye!
Copy the entire link and paste it into the bar at the top of the internet :)
I hope I helped you, bye!
I have the same problem as you. I downloaded (legally) The Sims 3 and during the installation a window appears and tells me:
c:\temp\thesims3_ambitions\caches\twinbrook.objectcache
An error occurred while copying a file:
The source file is corrupted
I can either "abort", "retry" or "ignore". When I abort, the installation stops. If I retry, it shows me the same message again, and when I ignore, the installation continues but then (I don't know if it’s related) it asks me to insert CD1 (which I shouldn't need normally since I downloaded the game from GamesPlanet).
CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!
c:\temp\thesims3_ambitions\caches\twinbrook.objectcache
An error occurred while copying a file:
The source file is corrupted
I can either "abort", "retry" or "ignore". When I abort, the installation stops. If I retry, it shows me the same message again, and when I ignore, the installation continues but then (I don't know if it’s related) it asks me to insert CD1 (which I shouldn't need normally since I downloaded the game from GamesPlanet).
CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE!
Hello,
I have the same problem with The Sims 3 (base game), downloaded legally from Orange Games. It shows me this error message for every file being extracted, so I didn't complete the installation and ended up giving up. If anyone finds an explanation, please contact me at: bella-black-24@hotmail.fr.
Thank you in advance!
I have the same problem with The Sims 3 (base game), downloaded legally from Orange Games. It shows me this error message for every file being extracted, so I didn't complete the installation and ended up giving up. If anyone finds an explanation, please contact me at: bella-black-24@hotmail.fr.
Thank you in advance!
Hi, I see that Gamesplanet has a bad reputation or is it all game download sites? Anyway, I signed up for Gamesplanet two days ago and now I'm having problems. For Stronghold Collection everything is fine, but for Settlers 7 I received an error message like; (the source file is corrupted) welcome to the club of corrupted source files I would say :D I'm joking but it's frustrating to pay for something that ultimately doesn't work, I see now why the majority of people pirate games, it's obvious. But I'm waiting to see if the site can find a solution for me, otherwise I'll ask for a refund for the game.... Hello to you, internet friends :)
I downloaded The Sims 3 from télécharger.com, and I have the corrupted file issue too, it's annoying... Especially when you pay 50 euros, what should I do? Thank you in advance.
Apparently the issue can be bypassed by Firefox and a plugin that manages downloads. Here are the links for Zuzu's solution:
http://www.mozilla.org/en/firefox/fx/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/downthemall/