Installing .bin files

I'm trying to install a file that is a ".bin.uncompressed" file. Does anybody know what program is required to open/install this type of file?

The file is for MSN Messenger. It came with Office 2004 for Mac. Before I got office, I was running the free online version called Microsoft Messenger. When I got Office, All of the applications installed fine but MSN Messenger. It installed, but when I try to sign in, it tells me there's an updated version I have to install, I click to download, it downloads as messenger.bin.uncompressed and then when I click on the .bin file, it asks what program I want to open it with. That's where I get stuck. Thanks for your help.

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Installing *.bin file

Appreciate if someone could advise me how to install *.bin file into my PB.
I just download icon library file with .bin extension, however I don't know how to install it as usually I always install *.dmg file without any difficulties.
Thanks a lot for the assistance.

You need to download and install Stuffit Expander, available free from Stuffit.com in order to open .bin, .sit and .hqx files.

.bin files

Hey guys, just a quick question. How do I install .bin files because I've downloaded the free version of Windows Media Player for MAC OS X but i can't get it to open as a recognised file.
Thanx for any help

I really don't know why so many sites seem to be
switching to some variant of BIN instead of .SIT,
ZIP, TAR, GZ, DMG, smi, or one of the other many
formats and extensions which don't have the
'confusion' problem I'm outlining...).
Accordingly its a bit rich complaining, on an Apple
site, about Mac developers using .bin files. They
have been around on Macs for far longer than the new
fangled alternatives you mention!
[and have been superceded by the new fangled alternatives I mention... :P]
Thanks for the excellent overview ..[I hope I may quote you on a "help 'em Switch site" I'm working on, please ?] - I did know that stuff (MacBinary) but maintain that the practice that's evolved over the years has been towards the other, more 'universal'/xplatform file formats I mentioned...
As a matter of fact BIN goes even further back .. - it was always used - pre Mac, pre-peecee etc for real Binary/raw files such as eprom/firmware dumps/images etc...(still is - I recall my last Router update involved FTP'ing a BIN to the TCP/IP Rooter - even 'Core dumps' on at least one of the mainframes I tortured waaay back - So I'd argue that the 'MacBinary' fellas picked the wrong name - besides, as you mentioned it's really a 'dead format':- R.I.P. MacBinary -unlamented.
It's a matter of opinion, like many of these things but I'd still argue that ZIP, TAR, GZ are much better choices (at least we wouldn't have this problem - which even bit me at least once (grr))
PS. Its a real toss up whether Diane or Barbara
provided the best real solution to Craig's actual
problem . Which one would YOU have awarded the votes
to, I wonder?
To ME, of course.. g - actually, it's up to Craig - I don't care who gets 'em I just like to see the system used - it's going to be helpful Real Soon Now (remember that one ? source ?) Personally, I'd throw a few 'helpfuls' around in any event.
Its also annoying that all Macs no longer come
with a copy of Stuffit Expander. The OS used to
simply pass the task of dealing with MacBinary
decoding over to it in days gone past.
Yer durn Tootin'.
all the best,mate,
Wayne T

How to install rpm.bin file with rpm

Have downloaded Java...rpm.bin for Linux. rpm doesn't recognize bin file. Can't find doc to explain what utility converts rpm.bin to simple rpm. What do I use? Thanks.

It took me some time to figure it out,
once you downloaded the j2sdk...rpm.bin file, it is a self installation file,
1) make sure the file is executable
#chmod 755 j2sdk1.4.0_01.rpm.bin
2) execute the file
#./j2sdk1.4.0_01.rpm.bin
this will install the package and inflate the rpm...
good luck.

Can't open .bin file (trying to install windows media player)

I'm trying to install windows media player on my brand new macbook pro. I downloaded the .bin file and have installed Stuffit Expander. When i try to open the .bin file, stuffit opens to the progress window and tells me that its preparing but nothing happens. it just freezes on me. i've openeother .bin files with no problem. How can I open this .bin file?
macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I hope you are aware that the Windows Media Player plug-in will not work with Safari because it's not a universal binary. Furthermore, WMP is no longer supported by Microsoft for the Mac. Instead you should download and install Flip4Mac (www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com.)
Although the WMP plug-in for Safari will not work on an Intel Mac, the player will work fine through the Rosetta emulator. If you are insistent upon using WMP with Safari, then after you install WMP and the plug-in, select Safari's application icon, press COMMAND-I to open the Get Info window. Check the option "Open using Rosetta." This will force Safari to run as a PPC app.
If Stuffit Expander will not open the .bin archive then check to be sure you are using the current version of it. If you continue having problems then try using TheUnarchiver instead (www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com.) It's also possible you have a defective download.
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.bin Files Do Not Install

I get a quick time error when I open them saying "Movie could not be read."
What's up?

Hi kp606,
sorry, I do not understand your problem. A .bin file is a compressed Archive of a file, folder or application. It requires StuffIt Expander to decompress/unstuff. This has nothing to do with QuickTime unless it is a stuffed movie. In this case you have to unstuff it before you can use it.
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File corrupt-Multiband-Cannot open bin-file

This error is KILLING me...I have had to resort to an auto save file twice where alot of re-work was required...I am losing my confidence in Premiere for getting jobs done. I close file...its working fine, then I open it and I get an error that says:
Mulitband
Cannot open bin-file
then program crashes...what is going on...I cannot find any documentation on this anywhere!
Thnks

What version of Premiere Pro?Have you installed the Premiere Pro CS5 (5.0.3) update? That update fixes a lot of problems.
What operating system?
What kind of footage are you using? Is it just happening with one specific asset?
Has this always happened, or did it just start happening?

How to open a bin file

I have os 10.7 and 10.6.8 and have several atari rom files that are compressed
as bin files and i can't open them w/ stuffit expander or unachriever
at this point i can't find anything to open them please help
thanks Mike

If you have no luck with decompression tools available within Lion or Snow Leopard, you might want to consider that either those Atari ROMS are simply not decompressible with or without existing tools, or that perhaps they were originally compressed using something else.
After I read your post, I thought maybe there is a functional Atari emulator for OS X that would have tools to deal with those Atari ROMS. That lead me to the Hatari emulator sources. Among the pre-requsites for building Hatari, was also obtaining and building Zlib from Github sources. Apparently, Zlib is its own compression/decompression animal that appears to used for .png data compression in libpng. It apparently will also deflate compressed data within PDF files.
It is a stretch to presume that Atari ROMS may be compressed with Zlib, but since nothing else may have worked, it might be possible that the Zlib library could be the can opener you need. It may be worth reading further.
On the Zlib site, they have a link to a heavily documented stream I/O source file called zpipe.c. There is a downloadable copy of it. You do not need to download the Zlib library code or anything else. Just get this zpipe.c file. I have Mountain Lion and the zlib include file and library are already included in the OS, as they are in Lion. I have not found any Zlib command line tools in either OS X release though.
I have Xcode 4.5.2 and command-line tools installed in ML. You won't need Xcode itself, just the command-line GNU C++ compiler. You need to open zpipe.c in the editor of your choice and change the following line only:
From To
#include "zlib.h" #include <zlib.h>
Now, save the file.
Compile it in the Terminal (on Mountain Lion 10.8.2, the library file name is libz.1.2.5.dylib)
g++ -O2 -o zpipe zpipe.c /usr/lib/libz.1.1.3.dylib
I got a clean compile on Mountain Lion with the 1.2.5 version.
I haven't been amazed in awhile, so if this works, it will be worth it.
You would use zpipe in the following manner from the terminal to possibly deflate [ -d ] a COPY of an Atari ROM file.
zpipe [ -d ] < Atari ROM file > Dest File

Apache serving bin files instead of default index

I was trying to set up Postfix and Mailman today, and I seem to have broken Apache in the process. I installed Postfix and Mailman as in the wiki, but after configuration of Mailman I tried accessing the web server, and the server gave me a bin file instead of the home page. I assumed something in my configuration messed things up, so I deleted all configuration for both Postfix and Mailman, removed the packages, and restarted Apache. However, it is still giving me bin files when I access my Apache sites I had set up previously, so something is still around.
For additional details, I do get the correct file if I give it the full path. So, vhost.domain.com/index.php and domain.com/index.php work just fine, but just host.domain.com or domain.com does not work properly. I also get the correct results for any subdomains I do not have configured as a virtual host in Apache. So abc.domain.com, aaa.domain.com, etc all work fine. Everything also works properly if I access the server through my internet or local network IP address, so it definitely seems to be an Apache host configuration issue.
The Mailman configuration does have the line ScriptAlias / "/usr/lib/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo", so maybe that broke the root somehow, but I assumed removing the configuration and restarting everything would get rid of that.
Does anyone know what I should check to figure out why Apache is processing a bin file instead of giving me the index.php file in /srv/http?

So it seems that it is now working. I restarted my computer fully so I guess something was being held and wasn't cleaned up properly by restarting Apache.

.bin files don't work

i have Toast Titanium 7, and whenever i download files to install software (specifically AIM 4.7 and Windows Media Player) that end in .bin, they open up as image files and Toast opens. No installation prompts appear or anything. It's preventing me from using Windows Media Player, and I don't know how to get around it.
The only reason I don't uninstall Toast, then reinstall it, is because I don't want to have to do that every time I download a .bin file. Is there a certain program I can use to open the file?
iMac

Glad I could help
These boards are a great source of info and help. They've saved me more than once.
lenn

Where to install .pl files?

Hi,
where do i install .pl files from example (perl-finance-quote)
current installed files are:
pkg/
pkg/usr
pkg/usr/share
pkg/usr/share/perl5
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/StockHouseCanada.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/USFedBonds.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/LeRevenu.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Yahoo
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/Brasil.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/Base.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/USA.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/Australia.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/Europe.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/NZ.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/Asia.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/AEX.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/ZA.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/TSX.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/ASX.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Deka.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/ASEGR.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Tdefunds.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/ManInvestments.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Union.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Trustnet.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/FinanceCanada.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/NZX.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/VWD.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/BMONesbittBurns.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Platinum.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/AIAHK.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Bourso.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/HEX.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Fidelity.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Tdwaterhouse.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/TSP.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/UserAgent.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Cominvest.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Fool.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Troweprice.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/DWS.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Tiaacref.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Finanzpartner.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/SEB.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/FTPortfolios.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/Cdnfundlibrary.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote/IndiaMutual.pm
pkg/usr/share/perl5/vendor_perl/Finance/Quote.pm
pkg/usr/share/man
pkg/usr/share/man/man3
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::DWS.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::IndiaMutual.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Fool.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Cdnfundlibrary.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::NZX.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Platinum.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::FTPortfolios.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Finanzpartner.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::TSX.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Australia.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::AEX.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::LeRevenu.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Trustnet.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::USFedBonds.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Fidelity.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Deka.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::TSP.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Tiaacref.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Asia.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::ASX.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::FinanceCanada.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::ZA.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::SEB.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Tdefunds.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::AIAHK.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::ASEGR.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::BMONesbittBurns.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Brasil.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Yahoo::USA.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::HEX.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Union.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::ManInvestments.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Troweprice.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Base.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Bourso.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Yahoo::NZ.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Tdwaterhouse.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Yahoo::Europe.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::VWD.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/share/man/man3/Finance::Quote::Cominvest.3pm.gz
pkg/usr/lib
pkg/usr/lib/perl5
pkg/usr/lib/perl5/core_perl
pkg/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl
pkg/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/auto
pkg/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Finance
pkg/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/auto/Finance/Quote
pkg/.PKGINFO

/usr/bin seems > ls -l /usr/bin lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root reasonable. On my system
| grep "\.pl"
41 2008-11-11 02:32 a2ping -> /usr/share/texmf/scripts/a2ping/a2ping.pl
40 2008-11-11 02:32 e2pall -> /usr/share/texmf/scripts/tetex/e2pall.pl
45 2008-11-11 02:32 epstopdf -> /usr/share/texmf/scripts/epstopdf/epstopdf.pl
4581 2008-12-05 23:40 fixmswrd.pl
8187 2009-01-03 08:26 function_grep.pl
1488 2008-03-28 06:39 gapi.pl
26861 2008-03-28 06:39 gapi2xml.pl
5386 2008-03-28 06:39 gapi_pp.pl
51 2008-11-11 02:32 getnonfreefonts -> /usr/share/texmf/scripts/texlive/getnonfreefonts.pl
6681 2008-11-01 16:50 ipf-mod.pl
45 2008-11-11 02:32 mk4ht -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/tex4ht/mk4ht.pl
54 2008-11-11 02:32 mkjobtexmf -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/mkjobtexmf/mkjobtexmf.pl
49 2008-11-11 02:32 pdfatfi -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/oberdiek/pdfatfi.pl
48 2008-11-11 02:32 pdfcrop -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/pdfcrop/pdfcrop.pl
48 2008-11-11 02:32 perltex -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/perltex/perltex.pl
39 2008-11-11 02:32 pkfix -> /usr/share/texmf/scripts/pkfix/pkfix.pl
41 2008-11-11 02:32 ps2eps -> /usr/share/texmf/scripts/ps2eps/ps2eps.pl
48 2008-11-11 02:32 pst2pdf -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/pst2pdf/pst2pdf.pl
50 2008-11-11 02:32 texcount -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/texcount/TeXcount.pl
42 2008-11-11 02:32 texdoctk -> /usr/share/texmf/scripts/tetex/texdoctk.pl
50 2008-11-11 02:32 thumbpdf -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/thumbpdf/thumbpdf.pl
40 2008-11-11 02:32 vpe -> /usr/share/texmf-dist/scripts/vpe/vpe.pl

Oracle 10.2.0.4 Bin file

Hi
I have downloaded the patchset 10.2.0.4 from the marketplace
MS Windows x86-64 (64-bit)
/Oracle/Oracle 10.2.0.4/Database RDBMS/MS Windows x86-64 (64-bit)
Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64aa.bin
Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64ab.bin
Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64ac.bin
But I can seem to open these files to install the patchset. Can some one guide me as to how to open these *.bin files and proceed with the installation.
Regards
Sam

Hi,
You have to create a zip file out of the .bin files you have. Use the copy command in windows command prompt as follows
copy Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64aa.bin /B + Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64ab.bin /B + Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64ac.bin Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64.zip
After this you can unzip the file and continue..
Gen syntax:
copy <prefix>aa.bin /B + <prefix>ab.bin /B + ... <prefix>.zip
Hope this helps.
Edited by: Mohammed Anish on Jan 27, 2009 6:57 AM

T|X hot synched to Windows 7. Bluetooth hot sync deleted all info on Palm creating .bin file on PC.

I realize the subject line may be a bit wordy...
I tried installing Palm Desktop on Windows 7 PC with partial success. It appeared the Hot Sync Manager was operating, but the Palm Desktop would not load properly. I tried hot synching using Bluetooth. Hot sync deleted all information on Palm and created .bin file on PC.
Is it possible to retrieve info from .bin file and reinstall on Palm?

Hi and welcome to the HP Support Community.
I have never heard or read about Palm Desktop creating a .bin file from a botched Hotsync. If the Hotsync did not complete and the data is wiped from your handheld, I am not optimistic about restoring the data. Do you not have the data backed up via Hotsync on a different computer?
smkranz
I am a volunteer, and not an HP employee.
Palm OS ∙ webOS ∙ Android

Can't open .bin files downloaded from Belkin's site

I can't get firmware updates from Belkin's website to open. Supposedly they're in .bin archives including instructions and the firmware. I even updated my Stuffit Expander to version 10. No luck.
If I drag the bin file onto expander it pops up a dialog box (that goes by too fast to read in less than 7 or 8 tries ) but there's never anything expanded to the desktop (the folder where the .bin file is).
This is the file I need http://www.belkin.com/support/download/downloaddetails.asp?download=993 and I've tried also to open files from this page too http://www.belkin.com/support/article/?lid=en&aid=5027
Can anyone make a suggestion on how to get this file expanded or is the linked file just a corrupt file? Thanks.

Did you take the trouble to read the install.pdf file located on the same download page as the firmware file?
I actually read the instructions elsewhere on that site. I don't ask for help without trying to find the answers on my own. For example, before posting, I did both a Google search on "can't open .bin files" and also did a search on the discussion boards too. Or was that a rhetorical question?
It gives specific instructions on installation.
I wasn't asking about installation instructions.
You don't open the .bin file with Stuffit. It's not an archive. It's actually a binary file.
Stuffit Expander was listed as the default application when using CMD-I AND elsewhere on that site it said it was a Mac archive .bin file. The fact that it's NOT a .bin archive file is news to me. Thanks.
If you continue to have a problem contact Belkin's tech support. Apple Discussions does not provide support for third-party products.
I wasn't asking for support with a Belkin product. I was asking for help getting what I thought was a Mac formatted .bin archive open using my Mac. I provided a link to the file because I thought perhaps it was corrupt.
No need to get your knickers in a bunch.
Thanks for explaining that it's not a .bin archive because obviously I was not going to figure that out on my own based on what I read elsewhere.

Microsoft excel tries to open .bin files

I have MacBook Pro. It seems anytime I download a .bin file to install something (such as windows media player 9 for mac), the trial version of excel opens and tries to open the .bin file. (Which it can't, of course) Even when the download dialog in Firefox asks me if I want to save to disk or open with Stuffit Expander, and I chose "open with Stuffit Expander," it STILL tries to open in Excel. Also, when I ctrl-click on the .bin file itself and go to "open with" and look through my applications folder, I can't find the Stuffit Expander anywhere. It must be installed somewhere, otherwise that option wouldn't appear in the download dialog...

Look in /Applications/Utilities/ or try using Spotlight to find where Stuffit Expander is located.
If you can't find Stuffit Expander installed on your system then you probably don't have it and need to get the free download from:
http://www.allume.com/mac/index.html
I am not totally sure, but I think Firefox has it's own list of recommended helper applications that it would like to try to use to open files of a certain type, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you actually have that helper application on your machine.

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