When I want to start the setup of GTA: San Andreas (or any other game) I get
this message:
E:\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application!
Does anybody knows what is the solution of this problem?
_____________________________

BTW. THE Machine is
AMD Athlon 2000XP+
512MB DDR RAM brand
Gigabyte Radeon 9550 128MB/128bit
Windows Xp Professional SP2 all updates
Games are original

Hi,

Disable your antivirus protection.

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"Marijan Martinovic" <Marijan1.Martinovic@public.srce.hr> wrote in message
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> When I want to start the setup of GTA: San Andreas (or any other game) I
> get
> this message:
> E:\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application!
> Does anybody knows what is the solution of this problem?
> _____________________________
>
> BTW. THE Machine is
> AMD Athlon 2000XP+
> 512MB DDR RAM brand
> Gigabyte Radeon 9550 128MB/128bit
> Windows Xp Professional SP2 all updates
> Games are original
>
>
>

Games: Error Message: Not a Valid Win32 Application
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315589/en-us

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"Marijan Martinovic" <Marijan1.Martinovic@public.srce.hr> wrote in message
news:dpenrf$gtg$1@bagan.srce.hr...
> When I want to start the setup of GTA: San Andreas (or any other game) I
> get
> this message:
> E:\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application!
> Does anybody knows what is the solution of this problem?
> _____________________________
>
> BTW. THE Machine is
> AMD Athlon 2000XP+
> 512MB DDR RAM brand
> Gigabyte Radeon 9550 128MB/128bit
> Windows Xp Professional SP2 all updates
> Games are original
>
>
>

"Marijan Martinovic" <Marijan1.Martinovic@public.srce.hr> wrote in message
news:dpenrf$gtg$1@bagan.srce.hr...
> When I want to start the setup of GTA: San Andreas (or any other game) I
> get
> this message:
> E:\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application!
> Does anybody knows what is the solution of this problem?


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292533/en-us
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000726.htm

DOS-mode programs are not guaranteed to run under NT-based versions of
Windows, especially if the DOS application wants direct hardware access
which the NT kernel will not permit.

Try cleaning the CD or using a scratch remover. See if you can copy the
files from the CD onto the hard drive and run it from there (but a
copy-protected game will still want to read the CD). Maybe you need to
clean the laser lens inside the CD drive.

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In news:dpenrf$gtg$1@bagan.srce.hr,
Marijan Martinovic <Marijan1.Martinovic@public.srce.hr> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> When I want to start the setup of GTA: San Andreas (or any other
> game) I get this message:
> E:\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application!
> Does anybody knows what is the solution of this problem?
> _____________________________
>
> BTW. THE Machine is
> AMD Athlon 2000XP+
> 512MB DDR RAM brand
> Gigabyte Radeon 9550 128MB/128bit
> Windows Xp Professional SP2 all updates
> Games are original

If none of the other solutions do the trick:

DOSBox, an x86 DOS emulator:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/

If those games are DOS games that is... I have no idea and no time to look
at the moment but from the replies and the error message I'd guess that they
are. DOSBox has a slight learning curve, you should be able to pick it up in
about 15 minutes or so, but when you're done learning it well enough to use
it you will find that you'll probably never have issues with compatibility
again for DOS on NT based systems.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
Sherlock Holmes

You'll also find that DOSBox will solve a lot of memory and sound related
problems for older games. There are several Front-Door programs available
for all you Windows users who've never used the DOS Command Line as well, to
make it easier.

Tom

"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23ZGqv2PEGHA.312@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> In news:dpenrf$gtg$1@bagan.srce.hr,
> Marijan Martinovic <Marijan1.Martinovic@public.srce.hr> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> When I want to start the setup of GTA: San Andreas (or any other
>> game) I get this message:
>> E:\setup.exe is not a valid Win32 application!
>> Does anybody knows what is the solution of this problem?
>> _____________________________
>>
>> BTW. THE Machine is
>> AMD Athlon 2000XP+
>> 512MB DDR RAM brand
>> Gigabyte Radeon 9550 128MB/128bit
>> Windows Xp Professional SP2 all updates
>> Games are original
>
> If none of the other solutions do the trick:
>
> DOSBox, an x86 DOS emulator:
> http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/
>
> If those games are DOS games that is... I have no idea and no time to look
> at the moment but from the replies and the error message I'd guess that
> they are. DOSBox has a slight learning curve, you should be able to pick
> it up in about 15 minutes or so, but when you're done learning it well
> enough to use it you will find that you'll probably never have issues with
> compatibility again for DOS on NT based systems.
>
> --
> Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
> http://dts-l.org/
> http://kgiii.info/
>
> "We approached the case, you remember, with an absolutely blank mind,
> which is always an advantage. We had formed no theories. We were simply
> there to observe and to draw inferences from our observations." -
> Sherlock Holmes
>