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Ok. Thats ok.
Let's do this the simpliest way.
Never name a folder the same as a file (including extension). Folder names should never include a period. This confuses the OS.
Nvidia was just not thinking at all, the day they named that selfextracting file, with two periods in it. This will result in an error 99% of the time. That is not your fault. But you need to be aware that it can cause problems. So lets do this methodically.
1) go to the folder where the exe file is located. rename the folder something simple like 'drivers'.
2) double click the exe and pay close attention. You may not be able to observe what happens next..it may be very quick. This is a self extracting zip file. Which means that the contents will place themselves into the proper directory when you double click on them. Installing drivers (or updating drivers in this case) just means that you are placing files in a specific directory. Once these files are placed in their correct locations, you do not need to do anything else.
3) if you receive some kind of error while trying to double click this file, then it is most likely a result of the 2 periods in the file name. When windows (or any other program) tries to read that file, it reads left to right just like you and I do. It sees xxxx.11 and thinks that .11 is the extention. Of course it causes an error, because .11 has no meaning. Fortunately this is very easy to fix.
4) right click on the exe file and choose rename.
5) remove the period and hit return.
6) now doubleclick on the exe and let it extract itself.
Hopefully this will complete the update for your driver.
Detah
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