Borg, I tried that and it still does the same thing, but this time it did not give me the vst.zip, now what? I want that seed tray. LOL

can you take some screen shots of the steps you are taking? are you downloading it from the guide section post:
http://www.ldwforums.com/ubbthreads/ubbt...eed_#Post104281
maybe with some screen shots we can figure this out.

Step 1: Click the blue download link and choose to "Save File":


Step 2: Make note of the folder it is being downloaded into, in this case, "My Downloads":


Step 3: Open the folder that it was downloaded into:


Step 4: Double click the zip file to open it and you will find VirtualSeedTray.exe. Also here I've opened my LDW save game folder so I can copy the file there:


Step 5: Here I've dragged the file from the zip folder to the Save game folder.


Step 6: here i right-clicked on VirtualSeedTray.exe in the save game folder to create a desktop shortcut to it.


Now, from the desktop, I can click the "Shortcut to VirtualSeedTray.exe" icon to run it.

The only other step involved would be to add .Net 2.0 (free from microsoft) if your computer does not have that. There is a link to it in the guide section post about VST.

Not sure the last one went through so here goes again. Yes I was trying to download it from the guide section post. I don't know how to do the screen shots, but will try if you tell me how, but what I get is the download screen that says "open save cancel" I save, and it just goes to notepad I don't send it there.

maybe some Internet Explorer browser setting is messed up and files of type .zip are automatically opened with notepad?

Maybe download Firefox (that is the browser I am using in the screen shots above).

If you google the phrase File assocation fixes for windows vista you will find a number of web sites that talk about this problem. So you are not alone. The top one on the list, winhelponline.com, has a solution for most common file types including .zip. they fix the problem by changing things in the registry.

although this would probably fix your problem, when novices change things in the registry, I worry, because it is possible to make a computer unusable if done wrong.

do you know any computer experts you trust?

another good experiment to do would be to try to download a completely different zip file from a different web site that you trust. if you try to download a different zip file from some other website and it opens notepad and you see the odd symbols, that means it is probably the problem above where the file association for files of type .zip are set to open with notepad.

Borg, I will try winhelponline.com tomorrow and see if it works for me. I did try firefox and that didn't work either, for some reason my computer keeps saving it on notepad even when I uncheck it. Thank for your help, and will try to catch you tomorrow. No I don't know a computer expert either.

Edit: Borg, I went to winhelponline.com and hit the fix on zip and now I have the seed tray. Thank You, Thank You for helping me, now all I have to do is find out how to use it, lol.
Have a great day, you are brilliant.

Borg i wold really apreciate it if you could help with this problem because i really need that seed tray and it just wont work ...

Thank you, Borg!

[eta] Sorry it took me so long to reply... I've had comp troubles - like it dying twice in 6 days, and needing an impromptu reformat.

CAN YOU HELP ME ???

I am have the same trouble. I just got a new laptop. I use Plant tycoon and VST on my old computer (windows XP) with no problems and loved it. The new computer has Vista with a normal screen resolution of 1440x900. I have tried all the different screen resolutions. Here is a screen shot. I had click on "Bluestar Maranta."
I am not sure if my screen shot worked.

I just download Plant Tycoon and VST on my desktop, it has window XP and a screen res. 1024X768. It work perfectly on it.
On the laptop I've redownload Plant Tycoon and VST with the same results. The laptop has Vista and a widescreen. I have all res. and nothing helps.

Is there anyone that can help me with problem.