Wowexec prevents installation of 16 bit game

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Tom A.

Trying to install 3 nascar type games on XP SP3.

Press install, nothing happens,......anyone seen this?

Task manager shows install initiates wowexec and freezes.
 
Contact the game maker(s) and see if there are any known issues between the
games and SP3.

Locate wowexec.exe in the I386 folder and double click it. Bring up task
manager and see if wowexec is listed as a running application. If it is,
then I don't know what the problem could be other than maybe a conflict with
something running in the background (see article below). If it is not
listed, then I would try replacing the file with a fresh copy from the CD.

How to perform advanced clean-boot troubleshooting in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=316434

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Regards

Ron Badour
MS MVP 1997 - 2008


"Tom A." <tallenvt@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Trying to install 3 nascar type games on XP SP3.
>
> Press install, nothing happens,......anyone seen this?
>
> Task manager shows install initiates wowexec and freezes.
>
>
>
 
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