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not a valid Win32 application?..
Lastly, boot up your system, turn on your XP Internet Firewall, plug back into your Internet connection and install all Critical and Recommended updates from: http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com one at a time. Test the game after each update to find which is causing the game not to start on your PC.

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If you attempt to click on the drive icon you will receive an error message that says E:\ is not a valid win32 application (where E:\ is the drive letter that involves running the setup.exe file that is the in setup directory off of the root directory of the CD. You can install the game using this work around.

WARNING! for those buying EF2000 V2.0 (Bad CD's are out there)
Once the server program is installed, the client program can access the server on a pre-defined port. Again, this port is configurable. It says that every program I try to run is "not a valid win32 application" last week, it said it couldn't find run.exe, and at startup, said it couldn't find setup.exe I

Virtual PC Not a valid win32 application
Trying to install and get message: File error cannot find S16.bin. I moved all icons from Startup group to Accessories as suggest. Still got this message. I am using a Pentium 100 with 3.1. Please advise. ***I KEEP GETTING THE ERROR MESSAGE: SETUP.EXE IS NOT A VALID WIN32 APPLICATION. THIS HAPPENS EVERYTIME THAT I

D:\\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application error!!!
Turns out, Outlook Depressed has added an extra file extension, so setup.exe becomes setup.exe.dat. I put a footnote in every email to explaining this, which the valued ahem, busy to notice, and when he tries to double-click it to install, it only produces a 'This is not a valid Win32 application' error.

Wizardry Gold installation
Did you run "setup.exe" on the disk or use the install program that came with the set of games?? I used setup.exe with no problems. 2. Once I was told setup was not a valid Win32 application. Sometimes I get one of those illegal operation dialogs. I am puzzled... how do I get this to install?

Windows 98 & Office 2000 Error "SETUP.EXE is not a valid Win32 ...
Having intermittant failures with my modem, I decided to re-install it. I went to the IBM site and downloaded a file called acpdw9x.exe. Windows replied with "A:\SETUP.EXE is not a valid Win32 application." I tried a second time, letting "Diskette Factory" have another go at making the installation disk.

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Im trying to install some software..its Canon Creative..just wondering if anyone knows what the error message "D:\ setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application means?" Im running Win 98..Ive called them and they tell me its the cd but I dont think it is?...Thanks in advance! Hi, I have the same problem.

Windows Explorer Hosed?
After restarting I realized I had not been in the program setup files at all, but some windows refig. Now on startup of windows I get the following message: Error loading C:\progra~1\newdot~1\newdot 2.dll When I try to install a new program I get the following Message: E:\setup.exe is not a valid win32 application

run.exe and setup.exe
If it is not there install by selecting Start, Settings, Control Panel, Add / Remove Programs, Windows Set Up, double click System Tools and place a Money: Error Message: Setup.exe Is Not a Valid Win32 Application (Q141267) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q141267 -- Hope this helps.

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Money: Error Message: Setup.exe Is Not a Valid Win32 Application (Q141267) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q141267 -- Hope this helps. the machine did hang once deleting one little icon) Ran Defrag in Safe Mode These hangs and freezes are *never* accompanied by BSOD's or messages,

Mob Rule and XP?
Yes, I deleted it once and redownloaded it, same problem. I also tried 'Run' with the same result. Of course, I meant to say Setup.exe was not a valid win32 application, but it is the setup for Virtual PC. I am wondering if any Setup program is going to have the same problem or if it's just Virtual PC.

Cannot Build MSIStuff.exe (do I even need it?)
EXE runs fine. On a Win98 SE with all patches installed, this error occurs just double-clicking SETUP.EXE. On an install of the original Win98 with all patches loaded and IE 5.0, I get this error. Office 2000 installed fine originally on the first Win98 SE before I loaded any patches. Once I loaded the patches,

O/T crossposting
It says: C:Program Files \InstallShield Installation Information\{10798AE3-DCBB-43C3-9C93-C23512427E25} \Setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application. I have no idea what that means. But i have tried everything i can to uninstall this game, and it keeps trying to install it instead. I even tried to install it again

Janes Fleet Command
I tried to install the game from my cdrom, but I get the error "Not a valid Win32 Application" when trying to run the setup.exe. I read a review from Microsoft stating that older games can be run on XP by changing the compatibility of the executable once the game is installed. Is there a way to change this

Janes Fleet Command
Thank You once again Jimmy you are the Master of XP game compatibility and we bow to your knowledge......LOL "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message task manager and telling it to load the setup.exe file I get this error "D:\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application" Is there anyway to get around this problem?

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If you managed to download it you could try opening it with winzip and extracting the files once they are extracted run the setup.exe file and it will go from there. I had no problems installing it initially but now when I try I get a message that says that it is not a valid win32 application.

Virtual PC Not a valid win32 application
Yes, I deleted it once and redownloaded it, same problem. I also tried 'Run' with the same result. Of course, I meant to say Setup.exe was not a valid win32 application, but it is the setup for Virtual PC. I am wondering if any Setup program is going to have the same problem or if it's just Virtual PC.

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All I need is a simple tool that makes a setup.exe downloadable from the internet that installs .net and msi2 if needed...and it seems to me that must be the copying all the header files into one folder even and it finally successfully built it, but wouldn't run...saying it was not a valid win32 application.

Modem Reinstall on ThinkPad600
H@mm has activated, in most cases you will not be able to start Norton AntiVirus. Once this worm has executed, it can be difficult and time consuming to remove. .... help with klez.h@mm having problems installing norton 2002 after removed the virus it gives an error setup.exe is not a valid win32 application thanks.