cmd is not a valid win32 application - GoFuckYourself.com

selena · 02-20-2006, 10:06 PM

Has anyone ever gotten an error msg like this?

For some reason, I cannot use the command window.

I get the above mentioned error message if I try to go start/run

If I go to the actual window via programs/accessories, and try to ping or tracert, I get a dialog box telling me roughly the same thing, then the command window itself says access denied.

The only change I can think of in recent days is the latest MS update.

Rochard · 02-20-2006, 11:01 PM

DOS doesn't really exist much any more on newer M$ o/s.

So much for the time I spent in college.

Lace · 02-20-2006, 11:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RocHard

DOS doesn't really exist much any more on newer M$ o/s.

So much for the time I spent in college.

DOS does exist, just windows explorer shell runs everything now.

Ayla_SquareTurtle · 02-20-2006, 11:28 PM

Selena, I had that exact thing happen to me a couple of weeks ago. Around the same time, I got a really bad virus/spyware infection. Once I cleared up the virus, everything went back to normal. I'm not quite computer-whiz enough to know if they were truly related, but it's something to look into!

reed_4 · 02-21-2006, 01:04 AM

are you sure that's only a virus problem? because i'm having errors in my pc too and i'm getting that win32 message. my media player sometimes isn't working and i need to restart my pc to be able to have the sound back.

KMR Stitch · 02-21-2006, 01:06 AM

format C:

sorry had to do it.

EdgeXXX · 02-21-2006, 01:08 AM

You may want to start backing-up any important files you may have...

selena · 02-21-2006, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by KMR Stitch

format C:

sorry had to do it.

Good advice, because that is what it is looking like I may need to do. ;)

02-20-2006, 10:06 PM	#1
selena Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On The Edge Posts: 7,994	cmd is not a valid win32 application Has anyone ever gotten an error msg like this? For some reason, I cannot use the command window. I get the above mentioned error message if I try to go start/run If I go to the actual window via programs/accessories, and try to ping or tracert, I get a dialog box telling me roughly the same thing, then the command window itself says access denied. The only change I can think of in recent days is the latest MS update. __________________ ~ Doer of Things at MetArtMoney Where Flawless Beauty Meets Art ~The MetArt Network ~ selena.delgado9

02-20-2006, 11:01 PM	#2
Rochard Jägermeister Test Pilot Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NORCAL Posts: 75,081	DOS doesn't really exist much any more on newer M$ o/s. So much for the time I spent in college. __________________ “The choice is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal and crazy.” - Sarah Huckabee Sanders

02-21-2006, 01:04 AM	#5
reed_4 Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 9,640	are you sure that's only a virus problem? because i'm having errors in my pc too and i'm getting that win32 message. my media player sometimes isn't working and i need to restart my pc to be able to have the sound back. __________________

02-21-2006, 01:08 AM	#7
EdgeXXX Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Secretely plotting a hostile takeover Posts: 5,816	You may want to start backing-up any important files you may have... __________________ . . . . I have a sig

02-20-2006, 11:28 PM	#4
Ayla_SquareTurtle Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: 5000 full paysite reviews and counting Posts: 3,550	Selena, I had that exact thing happen to me a couple of weeks ago. Around the same time, I got a really bad virus/spyware infection. Once I cleared up the virus, everything went back to normal. I'm not quite computer-whiz enough to know if they were truly related, but it's something to look into!

02-21-2006, 01:06 AM	#6
KMR Stitch I am cool Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 14,494	format C: sorry had to do it.