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not a valid win 32 application

By *unterslick OP Couple over a year ago

tullamore

anyone know how to fix this thing,,anything from windows i try to download,,it just keeps saying this,,i have tried multiple sites,,i was trying to download,,windows live messenger

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

it normally means the download isn't complete or the file is corrupted

when downloading a file you normally get the choice to Run/Open or save to disk..... so try the Run option if you've not done that already

also, only download microsoft stuff from the microsoft site itself (normally download.microsoft.com) as there are too many cyber scumbags out there...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Its also a sign that your computer is infected already

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By *urreyfun2008Man over a year ago

East Grinstead

There are some very good clone security packages that look like the real thing but really are credit card scams do be careful.

If you have an AV package, make sure it is genuine and run the scan. Also run a Malware scanner.

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By *ENDAROOSCouple over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

"Its also a sign that your computer is infected already

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

This has happened to me in the past it was quite simple to fix myself.

Im assuming your comp is a few years old and possibly running on an earlier version of windows.

Put in your error message into a search. That brought up explanations on how to fix it. I just had to go to a site and download the relevant bit of prog that was missing.

If my memory serves me well and it was a few years ago it was from windows update.

Wasn't difficult.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

I am sending you a link privately to Microsoft solutions for this.

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By *unterslick OP Couple over a year ago

tullamore

yeah cheers granny,,il try that

i have winxp pro,,have ran scans up the wazoo,,no virus,,or malware,,i use the full version of avast,,

any microsoft downloads are always from the micrsoft site,lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

As you have the full version of Avast as do I, i also have spybot which is a free and useful malware programme that id recommend getting.

http://www.safer-networking.org/index2.html

this is one both of my laptops and is a top free malware programme & it runs gr8 with avast.

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By *unterslick OP Couple over a year ago

tullamore

i have the full version of malware bytes,lol,,love torrent sites,lol

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By *obbytupperMan over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

"yeah cheers granny,,il try that

i have winxp pro,,have ran scans up the wazoo,,no virus,,or malware,,i use the full version of avast,,

any microsoft downloads are always from the micrsoft site,lol"

Scans up the wazoo feck me that sounds painful!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Windows Live Messenger should be downloaded from Microsofts site directly.

Also depending on what version of windows you are running limits what version you can install. The latest version is Vista/Win 7 only. Version 2009 is the last one for XP, and to be honest I stick with that one as they've really shafted the newer version to be more crap!

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By *unterslick OP Couple over a year ago

tullamore

lol,i tryed that one today,still nothing,,now im trying the 2008 version,lol,,oh yeah and when i restarted after downloading the wlm 2009 from microsoft,,i lost winmmedia player,lol,,swings and feckin roundabouts lol

and up the wazoo aint that painful,lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Amazing everyone has an idea of what went wrong. I work im IT and I have no clue.

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By *b430Man over a year ago

Tayside

"Amazing everyone has an idea of what went wrong. I work im IT and I have no clue."

Aye but our IT Department don't have a clue about things either sometimes and their usual advice is "turn it off and then back on again!"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you're trying to run a program that is not designed for your version of Windows you may get this error.

As others have said, go directly to the Microsoft site, check downloads section. uninstall the old version - an reinstall the new 1

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Have you tried plugging it in ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Just got an image of a porn parody of IT crowd. I won't take my job seriously.

WARNING TECHNICAL

Is the installer for a 32 bit machine? If the file name has x64 then it isn't. x86 is fine or no numbers at all is fine. Uninstalling an older version is ok. Sometimes newer programs do not support older versions of windows but I doubt msn or live messenger would

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By *unterslick OP Couple over a year ago

tullamore

yeah hav uninstalled the microsoft live,,and went for the 2008 version,,,,didnt get the not a valid win 32 thing,,so tought yes,,success,,went to sign in and got the error code,,8000ffff,lol,,so now i just dont care,,microsoft and bill gates can go to hell,,i give up,,i realy dont care,il use yahoo from now on,lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

you didn't say

what version of operating system your using

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By *unterslick OP Couple over a year ago

tullamore

"you didn't say

what version of operating system your using

have win xp,,and its the 32 bit,,thats on the pc,,

i had win7,,and messenger worked on that,,but cam didnt and wifi would come and go with win 7,,so changed back to win xp,,ah i dont mind now,,to be honest can use the netbook for messenger,lol,,iv just had enough,lol

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