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Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy |
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"Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! |
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"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy |
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"Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: 1. Click Start / Run 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. 3. Type this command and press Enter: dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE If the file does exist, continue like so: 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} 5. setup{Enter} You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? |
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Rainy wrote: "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy I suspect it may be caused by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-015 so you could call 1-866-PCSAFETY and ask |
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"Bob I" wrote in message ... Rainy wrote: "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy I suspect it may be caused by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-015 so you could call 1-866-PCSAFETY and ask I scan my computer daily with AVG, asquare, and AD Aware SE.. the later not as often, but recently did .. I am now scanning again.. after just updating.. thanks for your input.. Rainy |
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"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: 1. Click Start / Run 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. 3. Type this command and press Enter: dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE If the file does exist, continue like so: 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} 5. setup{Enter} You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? I followed your advice and put the three letters cmd and pressed enter. 'Typed the command and the answer was no it was not there.. ask myself, well I created the folder myself.. when I extracted the files.. No I didn't perform any other step .. should I have? Since the filed didn't come already in a folder I thought for sure I needed to create it myself.. .. Rainy I am very confused by this.. why is it just The Font Thing that is not able to install.. |
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"Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: 1. Click Start / Run 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. 3. Type this command and press Enter: dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE If the file does exist, continue like so: 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} 5. setup{Enter} You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? I followed your advice and put the three letters cmd and pressed enter. 'Typed the command and the answer was no it was not there.. ask myself, well I created the folder myself.. when I extracted the files.. No I didn't perform any other step .. should I have? Since the filed didn't come already in a folder I thought for sure I needed to create it myself.. .. Rainy I am very confused by this.. why is it just The Font Thing that is not able to install.. It is hardly surprising that the installation job fails when setup does not exist in the place where you invoke it. What makes you think it should be there? |
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"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: 1. Click Start / Run 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. 3. Type this command and press Enter: dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE If the file does exist, continue like so: 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} 5. setup{Enter} You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? I followed your advice and put the three letters cmd and pressed enter. 'Typed the command and the answer was no it was not there.. ask myself, well I created the folder myself.. when I extracted the files.. No I didn't perform any other step .. should I have? Since the filed didn't come already in a folder I thought for sure I needed to create it myself.. .. Rainy I am very confused by this.. why is it just The Font Thing that is not able to install.. It is hardly surprising that the installation job fails when setup does not exist in the place where you invoke it. What makes you think it should be there? Because I unzipped it there.. Setup is there.. I can see it.. I unzipped it there, the same way I unzip every program I install. I can't sit and argue about whether I see this program or not.. that is silly.. why windows xp is saying it's not there, I have no idea. Ok will show you a screen shot.. www.sweetwrapz.net/thefont_thing.png . ok so do you see it, or is this just me.. lol Rainy |
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Rainy wrote:
"Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: 1. Click Start / Run 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. 3. Type this command and press Enter: dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE If the file does exist, continue like so: 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} 5. setup{Enter} You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? I followed your advice and put the three letters cmd and pressed enter. 'Typed the command and the answer was no it was not there.. ask myself, well I created the folder myself.. when I extracted the files.. No I didn't perform any other step .. should I have? Since the filed didn't come already in a folder I thought for sure I needed to create it myself.. .. Rainy I am very confused by this.. why is it just The Font Thing that is not able to install.. It is hardly surprising that the installation job fails when setup does not exist in the place where you invoke it. What makes you think it should be there? Because I unzipped it there.. Setup is there.. I can see it.. I unzipped it there, the same way I unzip every program I install. I can't sit and argue about whether I see this program or not.. that is silly.. why windows xp is saying it's not there, I have no idea. Ok will show you a screen shot.. www.sweetwrapz.net/thefont_thing.png . ok so do you see it, or is this just me.. lol Rainy The problem is the space in the path. The error message you received Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components) indicates that Windows changed the directory Program Files to Progra~1 (to comply with the DOS-like 8.3 filename convention) but for some reason didn't do so for Sue Fisher (that should have been changed to SueFis~1) In the Command Prompt, you deal with spaces by surrounding the path with quotes. Thus, if you were to open the Command Prompt and type dir "C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE" [note the quotes] you will get the file details of the setup.exe file. I assume, however, that your troubles arose when you opened the folder named Sue Fisher, found the file named setup.exe, and double-clicked on it. I infer from this that the setup.exe program itself is having a problem when it attempts to reference one of the other setup files in that folder. Try this: 1. Move the folder Sue Fisher to C:\ 2. Rename it without the space, and for good measure, with 8 or fewer characters. For example, SueFish 3. Navigate to C:\SueFish using Windows Explorer and double click on setup.exe -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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"Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message ... Rainy wrote: "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: 1. Click Start / Run 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. 3. Type this command and press Enter: dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE If the file does exist, continue like so: 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} 5. setup{Enter} You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? I followed your advice and put the three letters cmd and pressed enter. 'Typed the command and the answer was no it was not there.. ask myself, well I created the folder myself.. when I extracted the files.. No I didn't perform any other step .. should I have? Since the filed didn't come already in a folder I thought for sure I needed to create it myself.. .. Rainy I am very confused by this.. why is it just The Font Thing that is not able to install.. It is hardly surprising that the installation job fails when setup does not exist in the place where you invoke it. What makes you think it should be there? Because I unzipped it there.. Setup is there.. I can see it.. I unzipped it there, the same way I unzip every program I install. I can't sit and argue about whether I see this program or not.. that is silly.. why windows xp is saying it's not there, I have no idea. Ok will show you a screen shot.. www.sweetwrapz.net/thefont_thing.png . ok so do you see it, or is this just me.. lol Rainy The problem is the space in the path. The error message you received Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components) indicates that Windows changed the directory Program Files to Progra~1 (to comply with the DOS-like 8.3 filename convention) but for some reason didn't do so for Sue Fisher (that should have been changed to SueFis~1) In the Command Prompt, you deal with spaces by surrounding the path with quotes. Thus, if you were to open the Command Prompt and type dir "C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE" [note the quotes] you will get the file details of the setup.exe file. I assume, however, that your troubles arose when you opened the folder named Sue Fisher, found the file named setup.exe, and double-clicked on it. I infer from this that the setup.exe program itself is having a problem when it attempts to reference one of the other setup files in that folder. Try this: 1. Move the folder Sue Fisher to C:\ 2. Rename it without the space, and for good measure, with 8 or fewer characters. For example, SueFish 3. Navigate to C:\SueFish using Windows Explorer and double click on setup.exe -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html Thank you so much Lem, it worked, you are very good! It's nice to have someone jump in that knows a thing or to.. I don't understand the workings of Winxp.. Why it did that in the first place.. Thank you again!! appreciate your expertise. I think it was my fault, I named the folder wrong.. should have been fisher.. there's your less than 8 letters, not Sue Fisher.. when it created the new folder it was C Program files/Fisher/The Font Thing .. thanks again and again.. hugs Rainy |
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Rainy wrote:
"Lem" lemp40@unknownhost wrote in message ... Rainy wrote: "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... "Pegasus [MVP]" wrote in message ... "Rainy" wrote in message ... Windows XP Home OEM Sp3 Error: Cannot install 16 bit programs I have never had this problem before. I was having a problem with one of my favorite programs (The Font Thing), so I uninstalled it. When I tried to reinstalled it, I got the prompt I couldn't install 16 bit programs. I have used this program for years, and the only thing I have done recently that is different is to get some windows xp updates! . Does anyone know what could be causing this? I think it might be one of the updates! Appreciate any help.. Rainy It would help if you posted the error message you see on the scree - verbatim, please! Hi Pegasus, I no longer had the program or setup file on my system, so I had to try and reinstall it and this is what I got Can't run 16-bit Windows Program Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components). Check to ensure the path and filename are correct and that all required libraries are available. Of course I am staring right at it... I hope this helps you to help me.. thanks so much! Rainy The first step would be to check if the file C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE exists. You can find out like so: 1. Click Start / Run 2. Type the three letters cmd and press Enter. 3. Type this command and press Enter: dir C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE If the file does exist, continue like so: 4. cd /d C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher{Enter} 5. setup{Enter} You should also ask yourself how the folder C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher got created. It is not a native Windows folder. Did you perform some other step before when attempting to install this program? What were they? I followed your advice and put the three letters cmd and pressed enter. 'Typed the command and the answer was no it was not there.. ask myself, well I created the folder myself.. when I extracted the files.. No I didn't perform any other step .. should I have? Since the filed didn't come already in a folder I thought for sure I needed to create it myself.. .. Rainy I am very confused by this.. why is it just The Font Thing that is not able to install.. It is hardly surprising that the installation job fails when setup does not exist in the place where you invoke it. What makes you think it should be there? Because I unzipped it there.. Setup is there.. I can see it.. I unzipped it there, the same way I unzip every program I install. I can't sit and argue about whether I see this program or not.. that is silly.. why windows xp is saying it's not there, I have no idea. Ok will show you a screen shot.. www.sweetwrapz.net/thefont_thing.png . ok so do you see it, or is this just me.. lol Rainy The problem is the space in the path. The error message you received Cannot find the C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE (or one of its components) indicates that Windows changed the directory Program Files to Progra~1 (to comply with the DOS-like 8.3 filename convention) but for some reason didn't do so for Sue Fisher (that should have been changed to SueFis~1) In the Command Prompt, you deal with spaces by surrounding the path with quotes. Thus, if you were to open the Command Prompt and type dir "C:\Progra~1\Sue Fisher\SETUP.EXE" [note the quotes] you will get the file details of the setup.exe file. I assume, however, that your troubles arose when you opened the folder named Sue Fisher, found the file named setup.exe, and double-clicked on it. I infer from this that the setup.exe program itself is having a problem when it attempts to reference one of the other setup files in that folder. Try this: 1. Move the folder Sue Fisher to C:\ 2. Rename it without the space, and for good measure, with 8 or fewer characters. For example, SueFish 3. Navigate to C:\SueFish using Windows Explorer and double click on setup.exe -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html Thank you so much Lem, it worked, you are very good! It's nice to have someone jump in that knows a thing or to.. I don't understand the workings of Winxp.. Why it did that in the first place.. Thank you again!! appreciate your expertise. I think it was my fault, I named the folder wrong.. should have been fisher.. there's your less than 8 letters, not Sue Fisher.. when it created the new folder it was C Program files/Fisher/The Font Thing .. thanks again and again.. hugs Rainy You're welcome -- Lem Apollo 11 - 40 years ago: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ap...0th/index.html |
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