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Admin Tools version: 2.2.3 upgrading to 2.2.5

Just to let others know I found the way to prevent the message that I was getting that said "Unable to open archive Extracting the update package failed. Please try updating the extension manually".

It's not enough to just enter your ID via the Options area, you also have to get the Live Update feature to use it. On closer reading of the instructions where we download our product ID number (https://www.akeebabackup.com/instructions/1436-admin-tools-download-id.html), the second to last paragraph was a little confusing to me in that it said click a button next to "Component Parameters" which I couldn't find, but basically when you get to the Live Update Admin Tools page (via the button under "Updates"), the instructions say to use the button marked "Refresh update information". In my case the information in the "Direct download URL" appended my ID number and then the error went away and the update installed perfectly.

Hope that helps someone who, like me, didn't properly follow the full instructions.

Glad it helped.

Maybe also slightly misleading, but I can't check any more as I have now implemented the Super Administrator ID feature and the warning no longer shows, but the first paragraph said I will be able to use my original user and password, then further down nearer the end it said something like "Don't use the original user and password" - I vaguely understood what it meant but there is potential for some confusion perhaps?

Hope that helps.

Sorry, I didn't explain myself clearly, and it was perhaps off topic. I was referring to the warning text that comes up when using the "Super Administrator ID" feature.

I can't review that text any more as I've now used that feature. But I recall it was slightly confusing re using/not using the user name and password (as per my notes above).