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About Ramon Zammit
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Hi all I am a new volunteer here and I wish to help you with all your questions. For the last 11 years I had been employed by major companies as systems engineer and also held positions as a key technical support engineer. Can answer any type of questions you may have related to IT. Hoping I will be of help to you all.

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Over 11 years of experience in the IT field. Experienced in hardware repairs, software installations, networking implementations, consultancy

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Advanced IT Technician Diploma(UK), MCP, MCDST, MCSA/MCSE 2003 and CCNA

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Windows XP - Win32 Error

Expert: Ramon Zammit - 11/8/2009

Question
windows XP pro sp2 run on my computer. When I run a particular .exe file it shows "this is not a valid win32 application". How I resolve this problem & install this .exe file? Please give me suggestion as soon as possible.

Answer
hey soumya

there could be two reasons:

either the application is corrupted

you are trying to run a DOS application which runs on Windows 98 SE or prior. Try changing the compatibility mode - Take a look at this link: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

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