Re: Problem--Compatibility Pack not a valid Win32 application

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Well, now I am really "scratching my head furiously" :) I tried downloading,
saving, and running the fileformatconverters.exe file several more times and
I always got the same "not valid win32 application" error. So, to try
something different, I said "run" instead of "save" on the initial dialog
box, AND IT WORKED!! It downloaded, ran, and installed the converters.
Problem SOLVED!! My only problem now is one of curiosity--why did it work
that time and not the half dozen other times when I tried to save the file
first and then "run"???? ...but I'm not about to lose too much sleep over
that!
Thanks for the advice Milly--I suspect that burning it to a CD and then
running it from there, might have worked too.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

What I found when trying to run any .exe on my aging Windows XP system, try
burning the file to a CD or CD-RW and then try running it.

I don't have this problem on my Windows Vista system.

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After furious head scratching, bwayne asked:

| Yes, I have installed all updates. Everything seems ok, EXCEPT I
| can't run the fileformatconverts.exe file because of the "not a valid
| win32 application" problem. I researched on-line why one gets the
| "valid win32" message, and there seems to multiple scenarios that can
| cause this error, but I can't figure out which applies to my
| situation, or what I can do to solve it. Help, please!!
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| have you installed all required updates to Office XP?
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|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
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|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
|| How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
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|| After furious head scratching, bwayne asked:
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||| Someone else posted a similar problem, but they were able to resolve
||| it after several attempts to run "fileformatconverters.exe" was
||| successful. I have not had such luck. I am running Windows XP with
||| Office 2002. I have installed all updates. When I download the
||| "fileformatconverters.exe" file and run it, I get the message:
||| "c:\...\fileformatconverters.exe is not a valid win32 application"
|||
||| Per another suggestion, I even tried running it from "SAFE" mode,
||| but it still said not a valid win32 application.
|||
||| Any suggestions or explanations would be greatly appreciated.



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