Won't work

i use to be able to play my game when my computer was
windows me then i updated to xp and all of a sudden the
game would not work. when i try to start it
says: "C:\Programs Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires
II\empires2.exe is not a valid Win32 application." what
does it mean and is there a way to solve it? I already
tried reinstalling it. i'd really like some help.

Hi,
"ImSad" <anonymous.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ae1a01c436e2$b034b6d0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
| i use to be able to play my game when my computer was
| windows me then i updated to xp and all of a sudden the
| game would not work. when i try to start it
| says: "C:\Programs Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires
| II\empires2.exe is not a valid Win32 application." what
| does it mean and is there a way to solve it? I already
| tried reinstalling it. i'd really like some help.

Try again using this advise. Good luck!

Not a Valid Win32 Application Errors can occur if your game's installation
is damaged or corrupt.. The first step would be to reinstall the game:

Here's how to properly install or reinstall a game (and patch):

Step A: Temporarily disable Startup programs one at a time, starting with
Firewall, Antivirus & AdBlockers using this method:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=331796 or this utility:
http://new.jtsoft2001.com/windows/startup.php Reboot, go to Step B.

Step B: In Control Panel / Add-Remove Programs, delete the game and then
the game's folder especially if you previously experienced problems
with a patch, or if you installed the Trial, Mods, NO CD patches, etc.

Note: Click Start to Search or Find your game. Many times there are two installs
of the same game on a system and the patch installs to the wrong one. Also if you
installed a Trial version of the game, this could be causing a conflict.. Uninstall it
and delete the folder.

CLEANUP: Click My Computer / Rightclick the Drive & Choose Properties
/ Run the "Disk Cleanup..." / Next Click the "Tools" Tab and run
the "Error-Checking" and "Defragmentation" utilities.

Step C: Install and Run Regcleaner and if it finds any stray registry keys for the
game, delete them. Reboot your computer, and then re-install the game.
Regcleaner Download: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download460.html

Step D: Play a single player game, using an administrators account if necessary.

Step E: Download new game patches or mods in case the old ones are corrupt.
Double click the patch/mod to install it. If it's a .zip file, unzip it into the
game's folder and follow the instruction in it's readme.txt file.

Step F: Reboot your computer, verify that your game is working properly, and
re-enable any programs that you disabled using the method in Step A.


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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com


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