Courtney
April 10th 03, 01:22 AM
Sure you can.
16-bit apps are run by a program in %windows%\system32 called wowexec.exe.
WOW stands for Windows on Windows. That is, XP starts a version of windows
3.1, which runs the 16-bit app. Wowexec.exe still exists in XP.
Your wowexec.exe may be corrupt or your path may be too long.
Check Microsoft's article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b198429 for more
information.
Courtney sends....
"Lu Powell" > wrote in message
...
> Windows XP is strictly a 32 bit system. Can't run 16 bit programs.
>
> "Joseph L" > wrote in message
> ...
> > To all,
> > Why do I keep getting the dreaded "Can't run 16-bit Windows program" I
> > never used to get this before. I tried searching Microsoft knowledge
> > but to no avail. I am sure something is corrupted in some DLL's but I
> > am not sure. Any help would be appreciated if u solved this problem.
>
>
16-bit apps are run by a program in %windows%\system32 called wowexec.exe.
WOW stands for Windows on Windows. That is, XP starts a version of windows
3.1, which runs the 16-bit app. Wowexec.exe still exists in XP.
Your wowexec.exe may be corrupt or your path may be too long.
Check Microsoft's article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3ben-us%3b198429 for more
information.
Courtney sends....
"Lu Powell" > wrote in message
...
> Windows XP is strictly a 32 bit system. Can't run 16 bit programs.
>
> "Joseph L" > wrote in message
> ...
> > To all,
> > Why do I keep getting the dreaded "Can't run 16-bit Windows program" I
> > never used to get this before. I tried searching Microsoft knowledge
> > but to no avail. I am sure something is corrupted in some DLL's but I
> > am not sure. Any help would be appreciated if u solved this problem.
>
>