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ulteriormodem (30 posts)
Jun-10-01, 11:26 AM (EST) "How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Or how I spent my summer vacation After a session with a friend I belive I have a way to make the Unpacker work for anyone.
The following assumes you are running Windows 98 and have a default install. If you dont have a default install Im sure you can figure out the changes necessary (wink).
I must give credit where credit is due and thanks too leemon for finding the key to this solution puzzle.I will try to spell this out in a step by step fashion.1. Open a folder with a packaged activity in it.
2. From the tool bar at the top of the folder select "View" then "Folder Options".
3. Select the "File Types" tab.
4. Scroll down the list of Registered file types untill you find "Packaged Activity".
5. Highlight the Packaged activity and press the Remove buttong. Dont let the warning box scare you were going to fix that in the next few steps.
6. Now select the "View" tab of the folder options.
7. Look under the Advanced settings for a check box labeled "Hide file extensions for known file types". Make sure this check box is NOT checked.
8. Click the okay button and you should be back at the folder.
9. Look in the folder contents for a file with the .apk extension and right click on it. Select the "open with" option.
10. The open with dialog box should open. Select the "Other" button.
11. Now navigate your way to "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Train Simulator/Utils/tsunpack.exe". Highlight that and click okay. You will return to the open witih dialog box.
12. Press the Okay button of the open with dialog box. You will recive an error message stating the all too familiar "Failed to open package". Now dont cry were almost done. Click the okay button and you should return to the folder again.
13. Select from the folder tool bar "Views" then "Folder Options" and select the File Types Tab. Look familiar ? Good. There is one change though you will now find a listing for APK File.
14. Highlight that listing and press the "Edit" button.
15. In the Actions box high light the "open" and press the edit button. You should see "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS\tsunpack.exe" in the Application used to perform action box. If not lather rinse repeat (steps 1 through 14).
16. Now edit the listing in the App. used box and add the "%1" to the end. Dont forget the space. It should now read "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS\tsunpack.exe" "%1" press the okay button.
17. Press the close button for the edit file type box.
18. Press the close button for the Folder options box.
19. Now two click the .apk file. You should get a box that says "Unpackaged Activity to ..." Guess what ! It now works !I gotta post the usual disclaimer about not accepting responsibility for anything that may happen by performing the actions here in. Sigh, however this little excercise should be relitivly harmless. Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
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Subject Author Message Date ID RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... Jitny Jun-10-01 1 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... gippo Jun-10-01 3 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... Nicked Jun-10-01 2 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... D_Chapman Jun-10-01 4 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ulteriormodem Jun-10-01 7 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... QuarterCrank Jun-10-01 5 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ulteriormodem Jun-10-01 6 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... QuarterCrank Jun-10-01 8 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jun-16-01 31 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... dan30087 Jul-30-01 46 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... dangodfrey Jun-11-01 9 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... maximus92 Jun-11-01 10 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... leesome1226 Jun-11-01 11 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ulteriormodem Jun-12-01 16 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jun-16-01 30 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jun-12-01 12 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... leesome1226 Jun-12-01 13 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jun-15-01 26 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ITEK Jun-12-01 15 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ulteriormodem Jun-12-01 17 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jun-12-01 19 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jun-14-01 22 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... PcKiller Jun-12-01 14 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ITEK Jun-12-01 18 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ulteriormodem Jun-13-01 20 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... bobs Jul-17-01 41 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ZUMA Jun-14-01 21 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... PeeWeeAce Jun-15-01 23 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jun-15-01 27 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... Lane Jun-15-01 24 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... ulteriormodem Jun-15-01 25 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... AcesHigh Jun-16-01 28 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jun-16-01 29 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... Short1ESK Jun-18-01 32 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... rrfoose Jul-10-01 39 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... waterwild Jul-29-01 44 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... gordonwd Jun-18-01 33 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... mxkill Jun-23-01 34 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... blue comet Jun-29-01 35 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... Bluevoss Jul-01-01 36 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... Captain Bazza Jul-02-01 37 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... rrfoose Jul-10-01 38 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... madmatt7 Jul-14-01 40 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... dan30087 Jul-28-01 42 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... blue comet Jul-28-01 43 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... Smokey1 Jul-29-01 45 RE: How to make the Activity Unpack... Nightrider Jul-30-01 47

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Jitny (11 posts)
Jun-10-01, 12:12 PM (EST) 1. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Hi
Nope... I get a "failed to read route info" Guess the file is corrupt.....regards
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gippo (2 posts)
Jun-10-01, 04:52 PM (EST) 3. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" with these istructions now the activity unpacker perfectly works for me!!!thank you
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Nicked (7 posts)
Jun-10-01, 02:27 PM (EST) 2. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" GREAT WORK!!!! it worked like a champ now got go unpack all the activity's I downloaded, thanks from Ed Nichols Austin Tx. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
D_Chapman (55 posts)
Jun-10-01, 05:07 PM (EST) 4. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Hmmm...The APK file didn't show up on the file types list the second time. Oops. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ulteriormodem (30 posts)
Jun-10-01, 07:04 PM (EST) 7. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Make sure youre working in a folder that actually has an .apk file in it. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
QuarterCrank (49 posts)
Jun-10-01, 06:28 PM (EST) 5. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Sorry to ask such a lame question but.....
Wazzit mean when I attempt to unpack the CSX intermodial K train.apk activity and I get a box that say's Microsoft Train Simulator activity unpackager with a message that say's failed to open package?I've dragged the apk to the tsunpack.exe, and when that failed copied the tsunpack.exe to the same folder that the apk is in with the same response.Maybe I'm having a "blond" moment?any help is appreciated. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ulteriormodem (30 posts)
Jun-10-01, 07:03 PM (EST) 6. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Thats the whole point of this message.
The unpacker doesent work as it comes with the game, nor does the "drag and drop" method described in the instructions.
Read that boring long post that started this thread maybe that will help. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
QuarterCrank (49 posts)
Jun-10-01, 10:03 PM (EST) 8. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" LAST EDITED ON Jun-10-01 AT 10:13 PM (EST)Actually I had read the boring post but the error message I had described in my previous post wasn't mentioned so I figured I couldn't even get to the part where I could use the tutorial.I'm familiar with the folder option menu too, unfortunately, Windows ME has appearantly found a "better way" of doing things so I can't do what's described without a huge amount of pain, not to mention risking changing the look of my folders which I went through great pains to get them to look as they do (Windows 95 style)
Actually, I've been tempted to revert to Windows 98 just because of the screwy stuff that ME does. This is just one more reason to do so.Thanks for your gentle reminder in your last post.Just wondering though..... would anyone mind much putting the unpacked act on a ftp site for downloading? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (24 posts)
Jun-16-01, 10:18 PM (EST) 31. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" If your experience was like mine with WIN-ME (after deleting the APK file type, and following the original instructions, I could not find a new APK file type), simply create a "new" file type, then edit the command line as follows:1. Open the folder with the new packaged activity in it.
2. From the tool bar at the top of the folder select "View" (WIN98) or "Tools" (WIN-ME) then "Folder Options".
3. Select the "File Types" tab.
4. Click on "New"
5. Click "Advanced"
6. In the "File Extension:" box type APK
7. Scroll down the Associated File Type:" drop-down menu and select "Packaged Activity".
8. Click "OK".
9. Scroll down the list of "Registered file types" untill you find "Packaged Activity" and click on it.
10. Click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom right.
11. Click on "Edit".
12. Click in the "Application used to perform action:" box (make sure the command line is NOT highlighted in blue) and move the cursor to the end of the line. Add a SPACE, and the characters "%1" (including the quotes), so the line now reads "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\Utils\TSUnpack.exe" "%1" (with all four " marks), where C: is the drive where MSTS is installed.
13. Click "OK", "OK", and "Close"
14. Click on the packaged activity to install and click on "Yes" to install. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dan30087 (3 posts)
Jul-30-01, 02:23 AM (EST) 46. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Thanks Waterworld, your instructions for ME worked for me.Dan Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dangodfrey (3 posts)
Jun-11-01, 05:48 AM (EST) 9. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Hey, just wanted to drop a quick note to say THANKS!!!! Your unpacker instructions worked like a charm, and it seems to be the only way I can get activities to show up, which is could, since I was starting to get a little bored...Regards,Dan Godfrey Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
maximus92 (30 posts)
Jun-11-01, 07:35 PM (EST) 10. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Works perfectly. Good Job! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
leesome1226 (53 posts)
Jun-11-01, 10:22 PM (EST) 11. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I tried what you said and guess what, IT DIDN"T WORK, I still get that terrible messige failed to open package, what can i do now. This is quite frustrating, i changed everything that you said, is there anything else possible that i can doPleeseeeeeeeeeHelpChris Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ulteriormodem (30 posts)
Jun-12-01, 05:33 PM (EST) 16. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" are you two clicking the .apk file ? The drag and drop method does not work. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (24 posts)
Jun-16-01, 10:17 PM (EST) 30. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" After not a little frustration, I got this workaround to work -- and there MIGHT be an easier way to go about it:1. Open the folder with the new packaged activity in it.
2. From the tool bar at the top of the folder select "View" (WIN98) or "Tools" (WIN-ME) then "Folder Options".
3. Select the "File Types" tab.
4. Scroll down the list of "Registered file types" untill you find "Packaged Activity" and click on it.
5. Click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom right.
6. Click on "Edit".
7. Click in the "Application used to perform action:" box (make sure the command line is NOT highlighted in blue) and move the cursor to the end of the line. Add a SPACE, and the characters "%1" (including the quotes), so the line now reads "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\Utils\TSUnpack.exe" "%1" (with all four " marks), where C: is the drive where MSTS is installed.
8. Click "OK", "OK", and "Close"
9. Click on the packaged activity to install and click on "Yes" to install.In short, I do not think it is necessary to delete the APK file type -- simply edit the command line. It worked fine for me.============Because after deleting the APK file type, and following the original instructions, I could not find a new APK file type -- I just created a "new" file type, then edited the command line as follows:1. Open the folder with the new packaged activity in it.
2. From the tool bar at the top of the folder select "View" (WIN98) or "Tools" (WIN-ME) then "Folder Options".
3. Select the "File Types" tab.
4. Click on "New"
5. Click "Advanced"
6. In the "File Extension:" box type APK
7. Scroll down the Associated File Type:" drop-down menu and select "Packaged Activity".
8. Click "OK".
9. Scroll down the list of "Registered file types" untill you find "Packaged Activity" and click on it.
10. Click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom right.
11. Click on "Edit".
12. Click in the "Application used to perform action:" box (make sure the command line is NOT highlighted in blue) and move the cursor to the end of the line. Add a SPACE, and the characters "%1" (including the quotes), so the line now reads "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\Utils\TSUnpack.exe" "%1" (with all four " marks), where C: is the drive where MSTS is installed.
13. Click "OK", "OK", and "Close"
14. Click on the packaged activity to install and click on "Yes" to install. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (24 posts)
Jun-12-01, 10:17 AM (EST) 12. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" From my experience, and that of one of the contributors to this string, the described procedure DOES NOT WORK WITH WINDOWS ME.I might have suspected as much when the "Folder Options" choice was found not to be under "View", but under "Tools". At the end of the day, I still could not unpack the activity -- and had lost "Packaged Activity" as a Registered File Type.Not sure if this is fatal (can always reinstall WIN-ME, I suppose), but it may serve to wave off others until we have something that is assured to work across all OSs.Ironic, MS can't get their act together on something as critical as this to the enjoyment of what otherwise is a pretty neat game. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
leesome1226 (53 posts)
Jun-12-01, 11:12 AM (EST) 13. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" after tinkering with it last night I did get it to work. That was good stuff, MS has put a lot of problems in this game but people are coming up with solutions. Thanks guysChris Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (24 posts)
Jun-15-01, 10:16 PM (EST) 26. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Sure would like to know what "tinkering" you did. Frankly, as far as this issue is concerned, I am totally UNimpressed by the MS dinks. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ITEK (3 posts)
Jun-12-01, 05:14 PM (EST) 15. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" The solution posted does WORK with Windows ME. I just did it and it worked just as he said it does.They just changed the names of the some of the buttons to do it.Sean Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ulteriormodem (30 posts)
Jun-12-01, 05:34 PM (EST) 17. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Itek, do you think you could outline the changes needed for ME ?
Im sure folks here would be appreciateve. Im not familiar with ME so. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (24 posts)
Jun-12-01, 10:19 PM (EST) 19. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Sean,Good to know it's not WIN-ME! (Just that two of us with this OS were having the same problem prompted me to think that was the cause.)Perhaps the problem is the file I was trying to open (CSX_Intermodal_K_Train1.apk from www.3dtrainstuff.com).I'll refresh my WIN-ME to restore the files I lost an try again.Jamie Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (24 posts)
Jun-14-01, 12:51 PM (EST) 22. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Well, after reading about everyone else's success with WIN-ME and the TSUNPACK.EXE fix, my only conclusion is that I am the only incompetent in this discussion.I have repeatedly followed the posted instructions, but when I get to step 13 ("elect from the folder tool bar "Tools" then "Folder Options" and select the File Types Tab. Look familiar ? Good. There is one change though you will now find a listing for APK File."), there is no APK File.Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
PcKiller (10 posts)
Jun-12-01, 11:24 AM (EST) 14. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" It worked great for me. Thanks! Where can I get more routes and activties? Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ITEK (3 posts)
Jun-12-01, 07:29 PM (EST) 18. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work using WINDOWS ME" These are Ulterior's Instructions to be used only if using Windows ME. Due to differenced in the buttons on ME compared to 98.
After a session with a friend I belive I have a way to make the Unpacker work for anyone.
The following assumes you are running Windows 98 and have a default install. If you dont have a default install Im sure you can figure out the changes necessary (wink).
I must give credit where credit is due and thanks too leemon for finding the key to this solution puzzle.I will try to spell this out in a step by step fashion.1. Open a folder with a packaged activity in it.
2. From the tool bar at the top of the folder select "Tools" then "Folder Options".
3. Select the "File Types" tab.
4. Scroll down the list of Registered file types untill you find "Packaged Activity".
5. Highlight the Packaged activity and press the Delete buttong. Dont let the warning box scare you were going to fix that in the next few steps.
6. Now select the "View" tab of the folder options.
7. Look under the Advanced settings for a check box labeled "Hide file extensions for known file types". Make sure this check box is NOT checked.
8. Click the apply then okay button and you should be back at the folder.
9. Look in the folder contents for a file with the .apk extension and right click on it. Select the "open with" option.
10. The open with dialog box should open. Select the "Other" button.
11. Now navigate your way to "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Train Simulator/Utils/tsunpack.exe". Highlight that and click open. You will return to the open witih dialog box.
12. Press the Okay button of the open with dialog box. You will recive an error message stating the all too familiar "Failed to open package". Now dont cry were almost done. Click the okay button and you should return to the folder again.
13. Select from the folder tool bar "Tools" then "Folder Options" and select the File Types Tab. Look familiar ? Good. There is one change though you will now find a listing for APK File.
14. Highlight that listing and press the "Advanced" button located near the bottom of the box.
15. In the Actions box high light the "open" and press the edit button. You should see "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS\tsunpack.exe" in the Application used to perform action box. If not lather rinse repeat (steps 1 through 14).
16. Now edit the listing in the App. used box and add the "%1" to the end. Dont forget the space. It should now read "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS\tsunpack.exe" "%1" press the okay button.
17. Press the ok button for the edit file type box.
18. Press the apply then close button for the Folder options box.
19. Now two click the .apk file. You should get a box that says "Unpackaged Activity to ..." Guess what ! It now works !I gotta post the usual disclaimer about not accepting responsibility for anything that may happen by performing the actions here in. Sigh, however this little excercise should be relitivly harmless.
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ulteriormodem (30 posts)
Jun-13-01, 07:36 PM (EST) 20. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work using WINDOWS ME" Thanks for youre efforts Itek.
Funny I dident see much difference (shrug). Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
bobs (19 posts)
Jul-17-01, 04:05 PM (EST) 41. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work using WINDOWS ME" I have WindowsME and this worked just fine for me. There are so many things someone might have changed in Windows that I'm not surprised that this doesn't work for everyone! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
ZUMA (2 posts)
Jun-14-01, 00:47 AM (EST) 21. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Thank you :') Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
PeeWeeAce (4 posts)
Jun-15-01, 12:29 PM (EST) 23. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I can't believe that Microsoft or someone won't come up with an easy way of adding items to MSTS in the future. This all seems too complicated. You would think that after Flight Sim they would realize that half the fun of these games is exchanging addons. Lets all hope MS gets its act together. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (24 posts)
Jun-15-01, 10:22 PM (EST) 27. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" My thoughts exactly. This is too cool of a sim to have this bush-league level of frustration. The MS folks must know the train-fan/enthusiast population is probably 10x anal retentive compared to the flight-sim crowd. Pilot wannabes as detail-oriented. Rail fans are absolutely rabid! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Lane (15 posts)
Jun-15-01, 04:31 PM (EST) 24. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I think I messed up big time? trying to unpack a file.
On step five I highlight the packaged Activity file and must
have answer warning box wrong and removed the packaged activity
file. I found this when failed to unpack the file. and went back.
I must have missed on how to answer the warning box step 5?
How do I get it back ? and what extenstion would I make it?
How bad is this to fix the missing file ?
Regards
Lane
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ulteriormodem (30 posts)
Jun-15-01, 08:46 PM (EST) 25. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" The file isint missing (hopefully) the association is. Which is exactly what you were trying to do. If you continue on you should be just fine. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
AcesHigh (41 posts)
Jun-16-01, 06:53 PM (EST) 28. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Worked just fine for me. Except I only had to go through step 12 instead of the whole 19 steps for some odd reason. Great work by the way. Now i just have to find some more activities to download Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
waterwild (24 posts)
Jun-16-01, 10:14 PM (EST) 29. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work - A Better Way?" After not a little frustration, I got this workaround to work -- and there MIGHT be an easier way to go about it:1. Open the folder with the new packaged activity in it.
2. From the tool bar at the top of the folder select "View" (WIN98) or "Tools" (WIN-ME) then "Folder Options".
3. Select the "File Types" tab.
4. Scroll down the list of "Registered file types" untill you find "Packaged Activity" and click on it.
5. Click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom right.
6. Click on "Edit".
7. Click in the "Application used to perform action:" box (make sure the command line is NOT highlighted in blue) and move the cursor to the end of the line. Add a SPACE, and the characters "%1" (including the quotes), so the line now reads "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\Utils\TSUnpack.exe" "%1" (with all four " marks), where C: is the drive where MSTS is installed.
8. Click "OK", "OK", and "Close"
9. Click on the packaged activity to install and click on "Yes" to install.In short, I do not think it is necessary to delete the APK file type -- simply edit the command line. It worked fine for me.============Because after deleting the APK file type, and following the original instructions, I could not find a new APK file type -- I just created a "new" file type, then edited the command line as follows:1. Open the folder with the new packaged activity in it.
2. From the tool bar at the top of the folder select "View" (WIN98) or "Tools" (WIN-ME) then "Folder Options".
3. Select the "File Types" tab.
4. Click on "New"
5. Click "Advanced"
6. In the "File Extension:" box type APK
7. Scroll down the Associated File Type:" drop-down menu and select "Packaged Activity".
8. Click "OK".
9. Scroll down the list of "Registered file types" untill you find "Packaged Activity" and click on it.
10. Click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom right.
11. Click on "Edit".
12. Click in the "Application used to perform action:" box (make sure the command line is NOT highlighted in blue) and move the cursor to the end of the line. Add a SPACE, and the characters "%1" (including the quotes), so the line now reads "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\Utils\TSUnpack.exe" "%1" (with all four " marks), where C: is the drive where MSTS is installed.
13. Click "OK", "OK", and "Close"
14. Click on the packaged activity to install and click on "Yes" to install. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Short1ESK (21 posts)
Jun-18-01, 04:36 PM (EST) 32. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work - A Better Way?" If only... I origionally tried the top message instructions. I had the same problem as with everyone else. I have ME of course. On good old step 12, I couldn't find the file. So now I have gone to the ME version of the steps. Now I have made a new one and followed the steps exactly. I found everything that they said would be there. I went and clicked the file, and "Falied to open package" popped up. But, odd thing is, I took the file and dragged it to the program (TSUnpack.exe) and it worked! So now I am able to play that one normally. So then I went and downloaded a new one. I thought maybe that file was just screwed up and could do the drag and drop thing. I tried a new one. It didn't work. Oh well. So then I tried to drag and drop THAT one. NOPE! Someone PLEASE tell me what is going ON here!!!! Thank you! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
rrfoose (9 posts)
Jul-10-01, 02:11 PM (EST) 39. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work - A Better Way?" I tried to use your instructions because the ones from the original message didn't work. In step 5 it says to click on the advanced button, but I don't see one. There is an edit button, so I clicked on it, but there was nothing inside to resemble the next steps. I have Windows 98. Please Help!
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waterwild (24 posts)
Jul-29-01, 02:33 PM (EST) 44. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work - A Better Way?" The instructions I provided are for Windows ME -- NOT Windows 98, which should be addressed by the original instructions at the top of this string (I mean VERY TOP). I hope this helps clarify things and gets you up and running soon. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
gordonwd (3 posts)
Jun-18-01, 05:32 PM (EST) 33. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Thanks!!!!!!!!! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
mxkill (9 posts)
Jun-23-01, 10:20 AM (EST) 34. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Apparently TSUnpack is a bit temperamental when it comes to parsing its filename argument. When run from the command line on my ME system, TSUnpack is able to resolve a filename delimited by double quotes like so: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS>tsunpack "c:\somepath\csx_intermodal_k_train1.apk"Unzipping the APK file to the UTILS directory and defaulting the path to the current subdirectory works as well:C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS>tsunpack "csx_intermodal_k_train1.apk"If you don’t mind using the “MS-DOS Prompt”, this is a quick and easy alternative to altering the Desktop's file associations.
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blue comet (17 posts)
Jun-29-01, 09:51 PM (EST) 35. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I have a Win 98 system and everything installed OK,
tried to install a downloaded activity, got the message you refer to.
Followed your fix procedure EXACTLY and still get same message
"Packaged Activity" is of course now gone (?)Any other suggestions?I hope somebody posted this problem for Microsoft to fix as a BUGBob S Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Bluevoss (79 posts)
Jul-01-01, 11:18 PM (EST) 36. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I've also got a Win98 system and ran it under the command line in dos as mentioned above...C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS>tsunpack "csx_intermodal_k_train1.apk"This seems to have done the trick. I actually got it to unpack. Now I'm going to see if I can play it.Empire builder, here I come! Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Captain Bazza (30 posts)
Jul-02-01, 06:35 AM (EST) 37. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Thank you for the brilliant 'fix'. I've saved it as an additional help document.
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rrfoose (9 posts)
Jul-10-01, 01:46 PM (EST) 38. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I have Windows 98 and I was ok until I had to right click on the .apk file. When I clicked Open With..., my computer kept opening Quick View Plus. So I tried navigating to where it says, but under utils, all I have is a Ffedit folder. I'm lost and now I don't have that Packaged Activity directory. Please help.
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madmatt7 (67 posts)
Jul-14-01, 02:48 PM (EST) 40. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Oh thank you, thank you, masked man! - Matt Duren Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
dan30087 (3 posts)
Jul-28-01, 07:02 PM (EST) 42. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" Didn't have any luck with your 19 step plan. I have ME but was able to follow everything down to step 13. I didn't find an APK file in the files types tab. Any suggestions?165901@email.msn.comDan Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
blue comet (17 posts)
Jul-28-01, 11:13 PM (EST) 43. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I have Win98 and followed the steps verbatim with no luck also.There has got to be a better way.There is a utility for converting ace files and other things out there, can someone make a utility to fix this thing?Bob S. Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Smokey1 (4 posts)
Jul-29-01, 03:33 PM (EST) 45. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I also followed all he steps in the original post and it still
won't work!! Thank's for trying , Ed Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top
Nightrider (2 posts)
Jul-30-01, 06:23 AM (EST) 47. "RE: How to make the Activity Unpacker work" I had the same problem with the WIN2000 OS. The simular steps for that OS did NOT solve the problem, but ....
I looked in the registry for entries of TRSunpack and lo and behold in the "open/shell" command was the full path for the unpack utillity with "|" behind it. When I changed that to "%1" it all worked. Someone who knowes how it works for Win98 can maybe make a registry extraction for that entry and make that available.Willem van den Dries
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