> installed (unzipped) the file installvassal.zip that downloads when I > click on (http://www.vassalengine.org/InstallVASSAL.jar)
Don't unzip the InstallVASSAL.jar file. Instead, double-click on it like an executable. From the command line: "java -jar InstallVASSAL.jar" rk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
