Unable to open a downloaded file

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Elgato959 Posted messages 5 Status Membre -  
kaumune Posted messages 22589 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   -
Good evening, I have a big problem, I can't open my downloaded files to install them, "open with" but I have nothing to open, I just formatted it and I don't understand why this problem is occurring, thank you for your responses it's quite urgent because I need an antivirus.

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kaumune Posted messages 22589 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   5 156
 
Hi

What kind of files? With which extension? .exe? .zip? .rar? something else?

For an exe, we don’t use open with

either we double-click it, or right-click Run as administrator

A zip: right-click === extract all

For a rar, you need to install 7zip or equivalent

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Elgato959 Posted messages 5 Status Membre
 
Well, actually I have no extension because I can't even open a software that I just downloaded; I downloaded Avast and uTorrent, and neither wants to open, whereas normally it's automatic.
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kaumune Posted messages 22589 Registration date   Status Contributeur Last intervention   5 156
 
Did you check the option to show file extensions in Windows Explorer?
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