Laser engraver deal? Maybe.

[toxo]

I understood some of the above. I have an old version of "Fireworks" which I love dearly even if I can't use it to it's full potential so please feel free to enlighten me on how to get files from there to here IF I can get it running. I might ask the seller to send me another key that's proven to work on 7.

In your opinion is this worth persevering with or should I back it and get something else?

Be back later. dogs giving me stick cos I haven't cooked their minced rabbit yet.

[mikesc]

If your version of that mediafire file opens with 7zip and still the files in there are missing their .exe extension..I wonder if you might have some sort of anti-virus which is "killing" them..Almost all of the software that runs any lasers on windows says to suspend the AV when installing as the heuristics in the AV risks identifying the files as malware and either quarantining it or rendering it inoperable..My win systems have no anti-virus running ( slows them down and does weird things behind your back ) and as they are not allowed to be connected to the web..and normally I don't add software to them, they are not at risk.I run a sort of data sum tester on them, adapted from a commercial software that was around 20 or so years ago..principal is "anything attempts changes on crucial files"..gets blocked and it tells me what did what and to whom and when..New stuff I run in a VM with that running before I add it to the actual system.

got to go out ...look in later..

[toxo]

It seems the laptop upstairs that I'm connecting with doesn't have any a/v. But it can't be that because this desktop W7 H/P also downloads the same files sans .exe. The comp in the back room also (running Vista (yeah, I know)). I have a vague feeling that .exe was there originally (I may be wrong) and I messed up. Could the downloads be monitored and limit the d/loads?

[toxo]

WOW. I think I've found it.

Downloaded again on the Vista machine Where I have winrar. Opened the file and

 

And

Put in the usb key and told winrar to extract and replace. and this was the result.

 

[mikesc]

Wait ..what did you tell winrar to extract and replace for..never tell anything to replace if you have not already saved the version that had what you wanted.
So you have replaced the version with .exe and now have only the version with no dot exe ? Or do you still have a version with .exe somewhere ?

The laser engraver software will not work on Vista ( almost every single seller of that model says that it will not work on Vista )..Stupid because win7 is based on Vista code..vista is 6.0 and win7 is 6.1

I'm still trying to find a version of v1.0 on the web to download, or another software that can run these machines with text manipulation in there.

[toxo]

Still have it on winrar but tried to extact to the usb key/downloads/documents. All arrived with no .exe.

[toxo]

Back on the laptop. D/loaded again with 7zFM Is that the right one?

all the same except I managed to install the Driver.exe file. Which at least enabled me to burn a piece of leather enough to let me know I need the software.

[mikesc]

7zFM ?..
The 7z that you want is the one I linked to above..it is the second one on that page ..the file name ( if you hover over the download link there is is 7z1900x64.exe , next to it it says 64-bit x64 1 MB ..

How did you get the laser to burn with only the driver.EXE installed ?
What software did you use ?
Normally you need to have the software which is in the folder 雕刻机软件 and which is started when you click on diao.exe
This is version2.0 which will burn images , but which also has a "bug" that means it does not allow you to create text with the software.
This is why I'm trying to find version v1.0 ..that is the one that is shown in the manual, and which works completely.

[toxo]

28 minutes ago, mikesc said:

7zFM ?..
The 7z that you want is the one I linked to above..it is the second one on that page ..the file name ( if you hover over the download link there is is 7z1900x64.exe , next to it it says 64-bit x64 1 MB ..

How did you get the laser to burn with only the driver.EXE installed ?
What software did you use ?
Normally you need to have the software which is in the folder 雕刻机软件 and which is started when you click on diao.exe
This is version2.0 which will burn images , but which also has a "bug" that means it does not allow you to create text with the software.
This is why I'm trying to find version v1.0 ..that is the one that is shown in the manual, and which works completely.

when I downloaded 7zip there was four or five files in there as I said above somewhere. Anyway I chose 7zFM (file manager). Anyway, today I opened it instead of saving it worked insofar as it listed the files. I was able to double click .exe from the 7zip page where it asks where to extract and windows (I think) started extracting/installing then stalled and came up with can't do one particular file. I took no notice and  installed anyway and it did it.. Still nowhere with the rest but the pics came up on the console where I burn't through 2.5mm on lowest power and lowest depth because the image was tiny. So still waiting on my computer guru to come up with an answer. 

[mikesc]

Where did you download 7z from..if you downloaded it from where I said to go..there is only one file that downloads, it is 7z1900x64.exe
There are not 4 or 5...and where is "in there" ?
What is "from the 7zip page"....7zip doesn't open to a "page"..7zip is a program.
What is "I was able to double click .exe"..what .exe are you talking about ? ..
There's no such thing as .exe ..there must be something before the .exe ..like .. something.exe . or thisthing.exe

If by "the console" you maen the small touch screen on the laser machine..the images will "come up" ther if you just connect the power block and put the USB key in there..doesn't need the computer at all..

The software is already on the USB key..the pics are on the key ..The "console" works with the pictures from the key, if the key is plugged into it..even if the computer is switched off and not connected to the "console"..
But in order to get the software that is on the USB to install into the computer, and in order that the computer can "talk to" the laser..you have to put the key into the computer, then install the driver.EXE..( by clicking on it..that gives you an "old fashioned looking ( dos Dialogue box ) small dialogue box" which tells you about the driver..which you have to OK..Then windows will probably give you a warning about do you accept etc etc ..and you click on allow or accept or whatever lets it continue installing...then ( with the USB key still in the computer ) you copy everything that is on the key into a folder on your computer desktop..then you go into that folder and you "click" diao.exe..That opens the software on your computer..but it installs it in a sort of temporary way, each time you click diao.exe in that file..it does a "temp" install ( similar to a portable program, but not quite ) ..the problem is that it does a temp install of v2.0 which has a bug..In your case when you put the USB key into the computer , apparently diao.exe is minus the .exe part..

But what do you get on your computer screen when you click diao.exe , you should get windows again saying "are you sure " etc etc ..so you click "accept" or whatever is the equivalent..and it will start to "install" ( after it says that it is installing and that it cant work with a file ) ? do you then get a pale blue program window all in Chinese?

Btw..If you want to show what is on your screen..hit the keyboard button marked prnt or prnt scr or similar..it will take a picture of your entire computer screen..it is important to know what "window" ( not windows* ) you are in when you see things..taking a picture with your camera "close in" like you did above there ,does not allow that..
*Sometimes that can be important too..to know which version of windows ( and other things ) you are in..

Edited September 21, 2019 by mikesc