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

[cdfreelancer]

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]

Come on guys!

 

[johnb35]

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]

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]

Your setup program is corrupted