What should I do if the Win7 system has a "Not a valid Win32 application" prompt?

Recently, some netizens said that when using the Win7 system to open the software, it appeared "not a valid Win32 application", prompting the window to close and then open the software again, the prompt will still appear, for which we should How to solve it? The following will introduce you to the solution that appears to be "not a valid Win32 application".

Case 1: When we double-click the installation file of some software to install or open this software, we may receive the prompt "***.exe is not a valid Win32 application" prompt.

Scenario 2: When installing or opening all software, you will encounter the prompt "Not a valid Win32 application".

Solution:

The first case: often due to the installation source files are incomplete or installation is not successful, we can re-download the installation file from the official website reinstall Look at this program. Sometimes the download tool you choose is also the main reason for this happening. If necessary, you can try different tools to download.

The second case: When we install multiple software and receive this prompt, it may be that our exe file association is destroyed by the virus. We can solve the problem by the following points:

Antivirus

When starting the computer, press F8 key to enter safe mode, start anti-virus software to completely kill the virus, this step is very Necessary is also the key to avoiding recurrence after using the second step of repair.

1. Re-establish the file association, press “R key + Windows key ", type “regedit” Enter, open the registry editor.

2, delete the following keys (if any):

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \\ .exe

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \\ exe_auto_file

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \\ Software \\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FileExts\\EXE

3. Restart and open the Registry Editor again, confirming that the key in step 2 has been deleted and is not generated again.

Finally, close the registry editor, and then open the software that you just can't open again, you will find that it can be opened normally, which means that we solved the problem, if you are using Win7 computer, it appears With the same tips above, you can use this method to solve.