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    Cant Download Retropie for Raspberry Pi Zero

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      Ste2ph
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      Hey Guys. Im trying to download retropie's prebuilt image for Raspberry Pi Zero but the download keeps failing at 99pct. I tried downloading it from my broswer and then from a download manager. In the download manager it gets to 99pct and Ill get an "Http Error 403 Forbidden" or something like that. Essentially, I am unable to use retropie because I cant even download it. Anyone else getting this problem? Is there a workaround? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys

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        glennlake @Ste2ph
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        @Ste2ph Can you show the link you are using when you try to download the image?

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          Ste2ph
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          This is the link https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/releases/download/4.1/retropie-4.1-rpi1_zero.img.gz

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          • glennlakeG
            glennlake @Ste2ph
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            @Ste2ph I just downloaded it using your link (which is the main download site for RetroPie) and it worked. The link is fine. This is just a wild guess but when you download a file does your PC do a check for viruses or something like that at the end? If it looks like its infected it may cause it to fail. Can you turn this off and try again?

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              Ste2ph
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              I think youre right. I disabled my Anti-Virus which was AVG and tried the download again. This time the download completed. Thank you <3

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              • glennlakeG
                glennlake @Ste2ph
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                @Ste2ph Glad I could help. Windows think those .gz files are evil!!

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