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Windows Forum / Windows XP / General Topics 2 / May 2008Not a Valid Win32 application ???
Running WinXP Media Center 2005 with SP3. When attempting to Unzip or run a RAR or WinAce file all cause a Error Pop Up that states the file is "Not a valid Win32 application". I then right click the file and tell it to Open and same Error pops up. BUT, can right click the same file and tell it to "Extract Here" or Extract to with no problems. Is there a fix for this troublesome error? Thanks drybones I was getting that and just couldn't install anyvirus program. When I tried to run it got that popup. I'm afraid I bit the bullet and reformatted the Hard drive and all fixed so far. Must have been a virus that I could just not find. Hope this helps but it's a real pain to get everything back up and runnng again. make sure you save all your "mustkeep" data before you start. I burnt lots onto DvD's to make sure > Running WinXP Media Center 2005 with SP3. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Thanks > drybones >I was getting that and just couldn't install anyvirus program. When I tried >to run it got that popup. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> Thanks >> drybones When you do get it fixed and it is to your satisfaction, download and use Acronis True Image - Make an image of your C: Drive, then if you get into trouble again, all you have to do is to boot using the Acronis boot and bring your image into play - that should take you all of 20 minutes. By the way you will of course clear all the temp files and defrag Drive C: before starting the make of the image. Børge in sunny Perth, Australia >>I was getting that and just couldn't install anyvirus program. When I >>tried [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > B|rge in sunny Perth, Australia Thanks to both. But reformatting and re-install is not viable at this time. Will just put up with the, existing method until 2009 and the new Windows comes along or whatever. At 80 years of age the above is the easiest. drybones |
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