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Pegasystems Inc.
US
Last activity: 3 Aug 2015 8:37 EDT
Can't install exercise system
Clicking Download in the Downloading Exercise System lesson downloads a 5.5gb file named ui_718_pvs_20150723.txt. The instructions say to "double-click" or "execute" this file. Even after changing the extension to .exe I cannot successfully execute this file. I receive the error that the file "is not a valid Win32 application".
Pegasystems Inc.
SG
Dear Thomas,
Unfortunately the problem you experience is due to a limitation in Windows where an .exe file > 4GB cannot be executed. Therefore even though the PVS is created as a self-extracting archive file, the total size exceeds 4 GB and cannot be "executed" by simply clicking on it.
The instructions should actually require you to use 7-zip to open the .exe file. Can you go to http://www.7-zip.org, download and install the tool, then use it to open the .exe file manually? You can then use the drag/drop method to extract out the contents of the PVS.
Sorry for the inconvenience. In hindsight, the PVS should simply be created as a .zip file. :-)
Regards,
Teng Hao Chua
Pega Academy Support Team
Pegasystems Inc.
US
Thanks for bringing this issue. We will update the PVS startup guide so it is less confusing.
Pegasystems Inc.
US
Renaming the extension of the downloaded PVS file to ui_718_pvs_20150723.7z and opening/extracting it with 7-zip solved the problem. Thank you, Teng and Rama!