Error: helpctr is not a valid Win32 application

[Harmonyman]

When I try to open the Help and Support Center in the Start Menu, I
get an error message: helpctr.exe is not a valid Win32 application. Any
suggestions?

Thanks.

Lee

[Thorsten Matzner]

"Harmonyman" > wrote:

>When I try to open the Help and Support Center in the Start Menu, I
>get an error message: helpctr.exe is not a valid Win32 application. Any
>suggestions?

Try the System File Checker: run
SFC /scannow
from Start > Run. If this does not help, you may have to reinstall
Windows on top of the existing files: "How to Perform an In-Place
Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315341).
Problems with H&S may also be caused by missing Registry entries. If
you use a Registry cleaner just recently you may want to undo the
changes that this tool made.

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(tm)

[Patrick Pitre]

It sounds like your excel.exe file is corrupt.

Try this: insert your Office disk in your computer. Find the Excel.exe on
the CD-Rom, copy the file from the CD-Rom, and replace the Excel.exe on your
hard disk.

There are other solutions, but this has worked many, many times over the
years.

Let us know if this doesn't work.

Patrick Pitre


"Brad" > wrote in message
...
> Can anyone help me figure out why a spread sheet that i
> have worked on for many months is now telling me that its
> not a valid Win32 Application? And how I might fix it.
> Thanks