Stuffit not opening *.sit files OS 9.22

[dawnsboy]

I have downloaded a few files with *.sit extensions on Macos 9.22 and had no problem with extracting the contents. However there have been several files that fail to extract due to the following alert:

Couldn't Display
"filename.sit" because a suitable graphics importer could not be found.

I tried an internet search but results seem almost exclusively directed at opening stuffit files on OS X. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[robespierre]

It sounds like the wrong application is getting launched.

Stuffit does not "display" "graphics" at all!

Don't double-click the archive, instead drag it onto the Expander icon.

[ovalking]

>Don't double-click the archive, instead drag it onto the Expander icon.

Yes, do this.

Did you download using Classilla, and do the files have a graphics icon, and are being opened by GraphicConverter or something? I have had this issue intermittently but not worked out why yet...

[dawnsboy]

@robespierre

"It sounds like the wrong application is getting launched.

Stuffit does not "display" "graphics" at all!

Don't double-click the archive, instead drag it onto the Expander icon."

That is what confused me. However the suggestion to open stuffit expander and then extract the file makes sense.

@ovalking

"Did you download using Classilla, and do the files have a graphics icon, and are being opened by GraphicConverter or something? I have had this issue intermittently but not worked out why yet"

I did download the file with Classilla. Your suggestion tends to describe my experience.