Bizarre OS 9.2.2 problem

[David Glover]

Stuffit Expander 6.0 won't launch. I get the error:

"The application "StuffIt Expander" could not be opened because
"TextEncodingConverter" could not be found."

Any ideas?

[David Glover]

Post by David Glover
"The application "StuffIt Expander" could not be opened because
"TextEncodingConverter" could not be found."

Oh, never mind, I think it's utterly hosed. Pretty much every app on the
system is refusing to run, with the same error.

[Chris Ridd]

On 15/11/04 10:17 am, in article

Post by David Glover

Post by David Glover
"The application "StuffIt Expander" could not be opened because
"TextEncodingConverter" could not be found."

Oh, never mind, I think it's utterly hosed. Pretty much every app on the
system is refusing to run, with the same error.

That makes sense, as TEC is a pretty fundamental low-level extension.
Perhaps a better error message would be "You're screwed" ;-)

Cheers,

Chris

[Chris Ridd]

On 15/11/04 10:16 am, in article

Post by David Glover
"The application "StuffIt Expander" could not be opened because
"TextEncodingConverter" could not be found."
Any ideas?

Do you have the Text Encoding Converter installed? This is an Apple
extension, and abbreviated TEC.

Cheers,

Chris

[Andy Hewitt]

Post by Chris Ridd
On 15/11/04 10:16 am, in article

Post by David Glover
"The application "StuffIt Expander" could not be opened because
"TextEncodingConverter" could not be found."
Any ideas?

Do you have the Text Encoding Converter installed? This is an Apple
extension, and abbreviated TEC.

No it isn't, it's called Text Encoding Converter in the Extensions
folder. You also need to make sure you have the Text Encodings folder
installed in the System Folder too.

[Chris Ridd]

On 15/11/04 12:01 pm, in article

Post by Andy Hewitt

Post by Chris Ridd
On 15/11/04 10:16 am, in article

Post by David Glover
"The application "StuffIt Expander" could not be opened because
"TextEncodingConverter" could not be found."
Any ideas?

Do you have the Text Encoding Converter installed? This is an Apple
extension, and abbreviated TEC.

No it isn't, it's called Text Encoding Converter in the Extensions
folder. You also need to make sure you have the Text Encodings folder
installed in the System Folder too.

It is abbreviated as TEC in other places, perhaps just the documentation.

Cheers,

Chris

[Andy Hewitt]

Chris Ridd <***@mac.com> wrote:

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Post by Chris Ridd

Post by Andy Hewitt

Post by Chris Ridd
Do you have the Text Encoding Converter installed? This is an Apple
extension, and abbreviated TEC.

No it isn't, it's called Text Encoding Converter in the Extensions
folder. You also need to make sure you have the Text Encodings folder
installed in the System Folder too.

It is abbreviated as TEC in other places, perhaps just the documentation.

I see, I just checked in the Systems Folder, that's all.

[David Glover]

Post by Andy Hewitt
No it isn't, it's called Text Encoding Converter in the Extensions
folder. You also need to make sure you have the Text Encodings folder
installed in the System Folder too.

I couldn't be bothered hunting down the cause. I didn't need to keep
anything on the disk so I just wiped it and re-installed.

Works now. :)

[Andy Hewitt]

Post by David Glover

Post by Andy Hewitt
No it isn't, it's called Text Encoding Converter in the Extensions
folder. You also need to make sure you have the Text Encodings folder
installed in the System Folder too.

I couldn't be bothered hunting down the cause. I didn't need to keep
anything on the disk so I just wiped it and re-installed.
Works now. :)

Blimey, talk about sledgehammer and nut. You could have just reinstalled
Text Encoding Converter!

[David Glover]

Post by Andy Hewitt
Blimey, talk about sledgehammer and nut. You could have just
reinstalled Text Encoding Converter!

Well it was an "inherited" Mac anyway and I wanted a clean system.

Got one now. :P

[Andy Hewitt]

Post by David Glover

Post by Andy Hewitt
Blimey, talk about sledgehammer and nut. You could have just
reinstalled Text Encoding Converter!

Well it was an "inherited" Mac anyway and I wanted a clean system.
Got one now. :P

Ner ner nee ner ner ;-)