"...not a valid win32 application" error message!?!?!

cdfreelancer · 12-10-2005, 11:26 AM

I recently attempted to install an old game, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, onto my XP machine. It used to work just fine on windows98 but whenever I try to install it on XP I get the following error message: setup.exe is not a valid win32 application.

I checked the game documentation and it clearly says that the game will run on windows XP.

What could be the problem here? I've searched the net and can't figure out what to do.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

cdfreelancer · 12-11-2005, 04:05 PM

Come on guys!

johnb35 · 12-11-2005, 07:03 PM

You can try changing the compatibility mode to run in windows 98 style for that program. After installing, find the program in your start menu, right click on it and click on properties. click on compatibility and select windows 98 and try running it then.

cdfreelancer · 12-11-2005, 08:39 PM

Already tried that by right clicking the setup.exe icon and setting compatibilty to run on win98 but I still get the same problem.

Kanduu · 12-12-2005, 12:04 PM

Your setup program is corrupted

12-10-2005, 11:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
cdfreelancer Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bath, UK Age: 30 Posts: 227	"...not a valid win32 application" error message!?!?! I recently attempted to install an old game, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, onto my XP machine. It used to work just fine on windows98 but whenever I try to install it on XP I get the following error message: setup.exe is not a valid win32 application. I checked the game documentation and it clearly says that the game will run on windows XP. What could be the problem here? I've searched the net and can't figure out what to do. Any help is greatly appreciated! __________________ AMD Athlon 2400+ ECS K7S5A Radeon 9600 (256MB DDR) DDR-SDRAM PC2100/PC3200 1024MB Windows XP Pro 32 bit 8MB broadband Last edited by cdfreelancer; 12-10-2005 at 02:08 PM.

12-11-2005, 04:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
cdfreelancer Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bath, UK Age: 30 Posts: 227	Come on guys! __________________ AMD Athlon 2400+ ECS K7S5A Radeon 9600 (256MB DDR) DDR-SDRAM PC2100/PC3200 1024MB Windows XP Pro 32 bit 8MB broadband

12-11-2005, 08:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
cdfreelancer Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Bath, UK Age: 30 Posts: 227	Already tried that by right clicking the setup.exe icon and setting compatibilty to run on win98 but I still get the same problem. __________________ AMD Athlon 2400+ ECS K7S5A Radeon 9600 (256MB DDR) DDR-SDRAM PC2100/PC3200 1024MB Windows XP Pro 32 bit 8MB broadband

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12-11-2005, 07:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnb35 Platinum Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: IL, USA Age: 38 Posts: 935	You can try changing the compatibility mode to run in windows 98 style for that program. After installing, find the program in your start menu, right click on it and click on properties. click on compatibility and select windows 98 and try running it then.

12-12-2005, 12:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kanduu Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: England Posts: 108	Your setup program is corrupted