Invalid win32 exe files after dirty reinstall

compmaker · 11-11-2003, 09:00 PM

Hi I am running windows 98 first edition and I am having trouble with invalid win32 applications. After I did a dirty reinstall all the exe files went stright to invalid win32 apps can you help me?

krozor · 11-12-2003, 03:06 PM

After doing a re-install you registry is going to be wiped, so you will have to re-install programs like microsoft office and most applications. If its a standalone program and your getting those erros then it could be a virus, there are a few out there which currupt .exe files and give a simliar sort of message to the one your getting. Here's what i would, backup what you need to keep e.g documents, saved work and then do clean format and start again, if you dont want to do that then do a full virus scan on your machine or re-install the program if possible.

11-11-2003, 09:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
compmaker Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 6 OS: 98/XP	Invalid win32 exe files after dirty reinstall Hi I am running windows 98 first edition and I am having trouble with invalid win32 applications. After I did a dirty reinstall all the exe files went stright to invalid win32 apps can you help me?

11-12-2003, 03:06 PM	#2 (permalink)
krozor Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 3 OS: WinXP Home	After doing a re-install you registry is going to be wiped, so you will have to re-install programs like microsoft office and most applications. If its a standalone program and your getting those erros then it could be a virus, there are a few out there which currupt .exe files and give a simliar sort of message to the one your getting. Here's what i would, backup what you need to keep e.g documents, saved work and then do clean format and start again, if you dont want to do that then do a full virus scan on your machine or re-install the program if possible.