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[_r.u.s.s.]

i've got message that application is not win32 compatible when i run any dos application, ihave tried to run virus chcek, as someone told to do this before in some post but still nothing, still that message this problem shown up when i connected to the internet after reinstalling windows but i repeat again- no viruses were found
hlp plz

What are you talking about? Do you try to run Dos games in Windows or what? What version of Windows are you using? How do you start these Dos applications or games, through Dos prompt or through Windows Explorer or how else?

[_r.u.s.s.]

whops

i use winXP,yes i run dos games in winxp(i would be glad to do it)
when i run through win or dos prompt, it shows that message

I have had these messages in the past when the file is corrupt

[mouse31e]

Is it the same message as the error described here?

If not, please post the exact error message is so we can try to work out what might be causing the problem.

[BeefontheBone]

It's more likely to be the "xxx.exe is not a valid Win32 application" message, since it's not a valid Win32 application. Use DOSBox.

[_r.u.s.s.]

nope, it isn't that message, btw i had that problem too and soved him for myself=P
i have not got english version of win, so i will try to translate

%exe file dir% is not valid win32application

[mouse31e]

What is it you are trying to run?

[_r.u.s.s.]

^ hey, that wasn't here 4 minutes ago!

so: i do not want to use dos box, coz' it's too difficult for my processor to emulate that game/games i want to run
but everything was allright before! i don't know what happened


iam tryng to run ALL of my dos applications
nothing works
for example dooms,blood,keens,duke,ufo,mortal combat, i have LOTS of them

[mouse31e]

There are very few DOS applications that will run in Windows XP because, unlike Win98, WinXP is NT based instead of DOS based meaning Windows XP only includes a minimal amount of DOS - not enough to run the majority of things.

The best way to run most DOS applications under Windows XP is Dosbox which will work fine with most if not all of those games.