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ACTIVITY UNPACKING TUTORIAL

When you download an MSTS activity, you will notice that it is a '.apk' file and your computer will be unable to install it by default. This tutorial explains the steps required to successfully install and MSTS activity.

Using Windows 98 | Using Windows ME | Using Windows XP

USING WINDOWS 98

• Double click your activity.
• Select View & then Folder Options & finally File Types.
• Go down the Registered File Types to Packaged Activity.
• Select the Packaged Activity, click Remove and ignore the warning.
• Select the View tab and make sure under Advanced Settings, the checkbox labelled Hide File Extensions For Known File Types is unticked.
• Click OK & look in the folder for a file with a .apk extension, Right Click and click on Open With.
• When the dialog box opens, select the Other button.
• Make your way to C:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Train Simulator/Utils/tsunpack.exe & click OK.
• After returning to the dialog box, click OK & with the new error message, click OK & you will return to the folder.
• Select View & then Folder Options & then the File Types tab.
• Highlight the .APK list and click the Edit button.
• In the Actions box, highlight Open and press Edit. In the actions box, you should see your MSTS location with \UTILS\tsunpack.exe on the end, in the Application Used To Perform box.
• In the Application Used box, add "%1" to the end so you get: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS\tsunpack.exe" "%1" & then click OK.
• On the File Types box, click Close and the same with Folder Options.
• Now Double Click your desired .APK file and you should get notified that it has been Unpackaged successfully.

USING WINDOWS ME

• Open your desired activity.
• Select Tools & then Folder Options & finally File Types.
• Go down the Registered File Types to Packaged Activity.
• Select the Packaged Activity, click Delete & ignore the warning.
• Select the View tab and make sure under Advanced Settings, the checkbox labelled Hide File Extensions For Known File Types is unticked.
• Click Apply & then OK & look in the folder for a file with a .apk extension, Right Click and click on Open With.
• When the dialog box opens, select the Other button.
• Make your way to C:/Program Files/Microsoft Games/Train Simulator/Utils/tsunpack.exe & click Open.
• After returning to the dialog box, click OK & with the new error message, click OK & you will return to the folder.
• Select Tools & then Folder Options & the File Types tab.
• Highlight the .APK list and click the Advanced button.
• In the Actions box, highlight Open and press Edit. In the actions box, you should see your MSTS location with \UTILS\tsunpack.exe on the end, in the Application Used To Perform box.
• In the Application Used box, add "%1" to the end so you get: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Train Simulator\UTILS\tsunpack.exe" "%1" & then click OK.
• On the Edit File Type box, click OK and with Folder Options, click Apply then Close.
• Now Double Click your desired .APK file and you should get notified that it has been Unpackaged successfully.

USING WINDOWS XP

• Go to Start, then Control Panel. In Category View pick Appearance and Themes then Folder Options. In Classic View simply select Folder Options.
• Choose the File Types tab. Scroll down to APK Packaged Activity & select it & then click the Advanced button.
• From the Edit File Type window that pops up, select Open and click the Edit button.
• In the box, Application Used To Perform Action, go right and replace the area in quotes with "%1" and click OK.