cant install EB

**bovi** · 03-29-2008, 22:13

just wondering if there is a simpler solution to this problem, which is: do i want to run or save EB when i click to download and a screen pops up asking if i want to run or save the program? or does it not matter?

No, I don't think that will make any difference, sorry.

So you've installed it, good. You'll have to look in your start menu to start it.

* Download 7-zip.
* Install 7-zip.
* Start 7-zip.
* Navigate in 7-zip to where you have the EB installer, and open it.
* Drag'n'drop all the files into your RTW directory (there should at least be an EB folder there).
* Create the shortcut manually.

i think what im supposed to do next is find the EB files and place them into the RTW file. am i right?

Your poor precision with the techy words make me uncertain, but in one interpretation that could be right. You're supposed to unpack the files in the EB installer into the RTW folder.

**JRG** · 03-29-2008, 22:25

yeah... i am not very good with speaking or understanding techy words. i have tried redownloading/installing EB one last time, and if that doesnt work i will try to follow your 7-zip directions but i have one more question which is: i have a total war folder. so in that folder i need to "drag'n'drop" my EB installer into that folder. is this correct or am i totally off? and assuming i am correct, do i also want to "drag'n'drop" the EB game itself into the total war folder, or just the installer?

**JRG** · 03-29-2008, 23:35

when i tried installing again the same thing happened =( except this time i only got the installer that allows me to change the way games are saved, reapir or delete but not actually install EB. so should i now try to 7-zip it?

**bovi** · 03-30-2008, 01:07

Originally Posted by JRG

so in that folder i need to "drag'n'drop" my EB installer into that folder.

No. You need to drag the contents of the installer there. That's what 7-zip does, it allows you to unpack the contents.

**JRG** · 03-30-2008, 01:36

now im really confuzed. what are the contents of the installer? how do i drag the contents into the folder?

**bovi** · 03-30-2008, 01:50

Originally Posted by bovi

* Download 7-zip.
* Install 7-zip.
* Start 7-zip.
* Navigate in 7-zip to where you have the EB installer, and open it.
* Drag'n'drop all the files into your RTW directory (there should at least be an EB folder there).
* Create the shortcut manually.

**JRG** · 03-30-2008, 13:55

there is no EB folder in my RTW file. the only EB file i have is the installer.

**overweightninja** · 03-30-2008, 14:09

Originally Posted by JRG

there is no EB folder in my RTW file. the only EB file i have is the installer.

You need to take the EB folder FROM the EB installer....using 7zip...or whatever.

JRG, remember that "total war" folder you found? Go back to there and dig around until you find a file called "RomeTW.exe". Remember where that file is.
Then instead of RUNNING the EB installer, run whatever extraction program you have installed (Bovi has already suggested 7zip), then you need to open the EB installer from WITHIN THAT PROGRAM.
DO NOT RUN THE FILE EB10.EXE FROM WINDOWS, OPEN UP 7ZIP AND THEN OPEN EB10.EXE FROM WITHIN THERE!
When you have done this you will then see a folder called EB and a few other files.
Now make sure you have my computer open on the folder that contains RomeTW.exe as we've already gone through, and simply drag and drop the files from within 7zip/whatever you're using down next to RomeTW.exe.

EDIT
BTW Bovi...brought you a cup of tea mate, I'm sure you could use one :p

**bovi** · 03-30-2008, 14:24

Thanks man, although I should probably stay away from anything containing caffeine...

To make it crystal clear: YOU DO NOT MOVE ANYTHING INTO THE INSTALLER. YOU MOVE EB FROM THE INSTALLER INTO THE RTW FOLDER.

**JRG** · 03-30-2008, 18:13

i dont know if you will be able to make it even clearer, but just to be sure, i have found EB10.exe and RTW.exe in 7-zip and i am moving EB10.exe in 7-zip to RTW.exe.

**Korlon** · 03-30-2008, 18:16

Okay, I think it's time for some screen shot help. I'm just going to go download all the necessary stuff first so give me some time to set this up. Probably going to have to give me an hour at the most, though probably half an hour's ok for downloading the EB10.exe file.

**bovi** · 03-30-2008, 18:19

EB10.exe is the installer. You do not move the installer. You unpack it. This is a good point to start following instructions.

* Start 7-zip.
* Navigate in 7-zip to where you have the EB installer, and open it.
You'll find the EB folder inside it. Drag this folder and all the other files you see there into the RTW directory.