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#1 2010-10-11 16:08:16
- penguinplus
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Windows, Mac, linux
I am working on a scratch project a my house and at school. The school uses a mac And I have two computers at my house one run windows xp and one runs xubuntu. It was working on all of the computers but a few days later when I try to get it to work at school it says "bad header". When I tried it on windows xp it worked. I took the file back to school and again it didn't work. I am using a thumb drive to transfer the file. Please tell me what is happening and how I can fix it. Thanks.
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#2 2010-10-11 16:21:14
- meowmeow55
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Re: Windows, Mac, linux
Usually, the cause of "bad header" errors is when you try to use an old version of Scratch to open a newer project. Are all of the computers running the same version of Scratch?
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#4 2010-10-11 21:13:21
- platform710
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Re: Windows, Mac, linux
it may be and older program not being able to run on a new computer?
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#5 2010-10-12 13:32:57
- penguinplus
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Re: Windows, Mac, linux
I looked at my school computer and they use scratch 1.2.1. my home computer use 1.4. Is there a way to fix this without downloading anything???
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#6 2010-10-12 13:38:37
- cheddargirl
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Re: Windows, Mac, linux
Hey penguinplus, Scratch 1.4 files can run older files, but Scratch 1.2 cannot run files created in 1.4 (hence the "bad header error"). If you need to have the files run on the school computer's Scratch, you may want to consider just designing the projects in school only, or downloading an older version of Scratch on your home computer. 
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#7 2010-10-12 13:43:31
- Wolfie1996
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Re: Windows, Mac, linux
Hmm - you could install the Mac version of 1.4 onto your thumb drive, and open the file via that, providing that your school allows programs on thumb drives. Alternatively, you could ask your whoever is in charge of computers at your school to update the Scratch version to 1.4. Either way, you should be able to open your project
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#9 2010-10-13 12:05:19
- mathematics
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Re: Windows, Mac, linux
cheddargirl wrote:
... but Scratch 1.2 cannot run files created in 1.2 (hence the "bad header error").
?
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#10 2010-10-13 14:53:04
- cheddargirl
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Re: Windows, Mac, linux
mathematics wrote:
cheddargirl wrote:
... but Scratch 1.2 cannot run files created in 1.2 (hence the "bad header error").
?
Fixed. 
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