The link you have here is the plugin download page (alternate "manual" update method):
Note: the "
Webmail (zip)" is the download method that the "
Installation instructions" is referring to (referenced later in this post SEE BELOW)
IMPORTANT: YOU SHOULD EXIT POP PEEPER (PP process should not be running) BEFORE GOING FURTHER TO REPLACE THE OLD WEBMAIL PLUGIN WITH THE NEW WEBMAIL PLUGIN.
If you click on "
Webmail (zip)" you will initiate the zipped plugin download and get the following:
When you "save" the file you should get a dialogue box asking where you want to save the file (where you can select the location where the file will be saved). If you are not familiar with saving the file -- the easiest approach will probably be to save the file to your desktop (or you may save it anywhere you like but you must be able to find it later to extract the plugin and move it to POP Peeper to replace the old Webmail plugin). In this example of the dialogue box I have selected the Desktop (to make finding the file easy). Example saving file to desktop:
You will now find the zipped file on your desktop:
- zipped file on desktop.png (104.51 KiB) Viewed 7524 times
If you double-click this folder (above) you should get this (below):
If not you can extract the zipped file by right-clicking on the zipped folder and select "extract all" to get this:
and then click on the "Extract" button.
In any case you should end up with this dialogue box in the end where you can move the new Webmail Plugin to POP Peeper to replace the old Webmail Plugin in this example screen-shot of a "normal PP" installation (see more details below regarding this):
- Click on screen-shot to enlarge -- click on browser back-page to return to forum.
Reply to Windows prompts to replace (overwrite) the old plugin with the new plugin (click on screen-shot to enlarge if necessary for improved readability).
Getting back to the
INSTRUCTIONS (mentioned in the beginning) -- if you click on the "
Installation instructions" link on the same download page (posted above) you have linked in your post I'm replying to here:
- instructions link.png (8.95 KiB) Viewed 7524 times
... You will then get
the instructions we have ALL COMPLETED above:
--- RESTART POP PEEPER -- you should now have the new Webmail plugin installed.
(if you want, you can remove the zip folder on your desktop at this time)
Some additional information that may be of help to you -- Here is more detail on where the new Webmail plugin should go (be moved to) assuming you have a "standard" installed POP Peeper:
- Click on screen-shot to enlarge -- click on browser back-page to return to forum.
and finally -- the reason you are required to use the more difficult "manual" method of installing the Webmail Plugin (instead of the easier "automatic" method) is because for some reason you get the new version (update) in the blue color in your "About" POP Peeper interface window (see your screen-shots you posted when attempting the "automated" update method) which as you see below the "automated" method cannot be used when the update is in "blue" thus the "manual" method is required in your case:
I'm not sure why you get this result (the new Webmail plugin in the "blue" color) in the "About" page (in "Help">"About POP Peeper...") since you actually are using the "Webmail" protocol for your Excite Service (which is required for Excite actually) and as such the update SHOULD actually "affect" you --- therefore it seems to me the much easier "automatic" including "Check version" button update methods should work in your case contrary to the result you get in the "About" window (which is something other members of the
Esumsoft Team would perhaps know more about than me as to why.... I was frankly hoping a computer reboot [that includes a PP restart] would have possibly addressed this issue in order to alleviate the need for the more complicated "manual" update
).
I hope this helps --- do please
post any comments/questions in the event you have any problems or questions regarding any of the above and let us know if it worked out for you this time.