Disklavier

I can confirm Walter Sharpe's observation that none of the zipped files 
can be unzipped using Windows XP Professional, and I can also confirm 
that these are the very first zipped files (out of hundreds that I have 
downloaded and unzipped using Windows XP professional automatic 
unzipping feature) that cannot be processed by Windows XP.  The 
individual uncompressed midi files download and play fine, but nothing 
happens when one tries to unzip the zipped files.

Tom

Walter Sharpe wrote:

> Thanks to Piano Bench. I played some of them directly from the web and 
> they are great.
>  
> Then I downloaded all of the zips for Enhanced Midi files. Then I 
> clicked on them and nothing appeared. Is it possible that they are in 
> a zip format incompatible with Windows XP? If so, then this is the 
> first time I ever encountered zip files that XP could not handle. If 
> that's the case, then maybe someone would be so kind as to repackage 
> them and post them on this group's still empty e-competition 2004 
> files section in a zip format that's compatable with Win XP. (If not, 
> I would be happy to do this for the group but I'm going away for a few 
> days so I can't do it right away. I will have to try WinZip or one of 
> the other ones suggested such as Stuffit Expander suggested by Piano 
> Bench. I hesitate to do that because some programs try to take over 
> your computer. Winzip took over my other XP machine and now I can't 
> open zip files as easily as I can with XP on my laptop here by the 
> piano. I kind of like XP's way of doing it. There are fewer steps with 
> XP than with WinZi! p) I realize Apple is far superior to Win. 
> Especially since I saw my nephew's new Apple. (You should see what he 
> can do with video and audio.) However, I am still stuck down here with 
> the masses who have to suffer with Win XP.
>  
> Putting them into 3 different formats was a great idea. It should save 
> a lot of space. The 2002 files take up 13 HD floppies.
>  
> Walt
>
> pianomidifan <tomainla@...> wrote:
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>     I hope you are all enjoying the midi files from the 24 contestants of
>     the 2004 International Piano e-Competition.  Download the files from
>     the website www.piano-e-competition.com in ESEQ, XP or enhanced. 
>     Many thanks to Yamaha for this program.
>
>     Tom
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