Problem downloading Magic + PD

Richmond Dan

Senior Contributor Location: Richmond, VA Joined: Aug 07, 2014 17:17 Messages: 673 Offline

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Jan 27, 2016 15:06

I posted this same issue on the "sticky" at the top of the forum which pertains specifically to Magic +, but then realized someone else had posted the same issue nine days ago with no response. Thought it might get better visibility here.

When trying to download Magic + PD (64-bit version) using the link on the first page (of 9!) of the "sticky", I get the message that it is a PowerPoint file. My version (PowerPoint 13) can't open the file. Even if it could, since when is a PowerPoint presentation an executable file to install a program?

Either something is amiss with the download instructions, or I'm completely missing something (most likely reason!)

Thanks for any suggestions...

This message was edited 1 time. Last update was at Jan 27. 2016 15:07

Regards,
Dan
Power Director 21-Ultimate
v 21.0.3111.0
XPS-8940, Win-10 64-bit,
Intel Core i9-10900 processor
(10 core, 20M Cache),
32GB DDR4 RAM, 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD, 2TB 7200 RPM SATA HDD,
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6

jcardana

Senior Contributor Location: USA-NM Joined: Aug 04, 2014 10:11 Messages: 650 Offline

Jan 27, 2016 16:17

It is an "msi" file. Save the file (scan it with av software) then right-click. There should be an Install option

EDIT: After downloading... you'll need to remove the .ppt extension. Then the right-click Install option will be available. They probably couldn't get one drive to accept .msi files and had to rename them as .ppt

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Richmond Dan

Senior Contributor Location: Richmond, VA Joined: Aug 07, 2014 17:17 Messages: 673 Offline

Jan 27, 2016 16:33

Brilliant! Thanks! (Too bad optodata didn't include that little tidbit on page 1 of 9. Would've saved me 30 minutes or more of trying to find it.)
Regards,
Dan
Power Director 21-Ultimate
v 21.0.3111.0
XPS-8940, Win-10 64-bit,
Intel Core i9-10900 processor
(10 core, 20M Cache),
32GB DDR4 RAM, 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD, 2TB 7200 RPM SATA HDD,
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8GB GDDR6

jcardana

Senior Contributor Location: USA-NM Joined: Aug 04, 2014 10:11 Messages: 650 Offline

Jan 27, 2016 16:55

tomasc

Senior Contributor Joined: Aug 25, 2011 12:33 Messages: 6464 Offline

Jan 27, 2016 17:01

I went to the first post 2nd step and downloaded a Magic + PD(x64).msi file of 21.4 MB in size. See the answer in your other post.

Jcardana already answered here while I was answering the other post.