Re: Can not install programs

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tigress wrote:
I can't install a .exe file I downloaded. I get a message
Can't install .exe files [ C:\Documents and Settings\Shoe Family\Desktop\JigsawBeachHoliday Install.exe is not a valid Win32 application. I don't know what to do to get this to install. I can't get anything to install. What can be the problem.

Please help with this one.
First off bozo, this is the second thread I've seen that you've hijacked to ask your question. To properly post a question to a newsgroup you start your own thread with your own subject line. That way the original poster of the thread you hijacked doesn't get confused by people trying to answer two different peoples questions in that thread.

You probably just have a corrupt install file, re-download it from wherever you got it from and try again. You can run other .exe files on your computer I'm assuming since you're using a program to post to the newsgroups. Corrupt files happen once in a while, it's just a fact of life.

Later, Ray Parrish

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