Finding wowexec.exe

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I am currently without my wowexec.exe file and cannot run some programs without it. However I also do not have my recovery disks nor any other computers I can get the file, and so on. Does anybody know how I may go about getting that file? It is unavailable in the windows download section, and I cannot find anywhere on the net to download it. Any help I can get on this topic will be much appriciated.
 
Desertranger said in
I am currently without my wowexec.exe file and cannot run some
programs without it. However I also do not have my recovery disks nor
any other computers I can get the file, and so on. Does anybody know
how I may go about getting that file? It is unavailable in the
windows download section, and I cannot find anywhere on the net to
download it. Any help I can get on this topic will be much
appriciated.
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Take a floppy to the library. Maybe they have a PC running Windows XP.
 
Have you reinstalled your video drivers?
That file is related to your video driver, ATI if I remember
correctly.

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Desertranger said:
I am currently without my wowexec.exe file and cannot run some
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programs without it. However I also do not have my recovery disks nor
any other computers I can get the file, and so on. Does anybody know
how I may go about getting that file? It is unavailable in the windows
download section, and I cannot find anywhere on the net to download
it. Any help I can get on this topic will be much appriciated.
 
You can't find wowexec.exe or you get an error message saying
wowexec.exe can't be found??

wowexec.exe
Should be in:
C:\WINDOWS\system32
and
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache

wowexec.exe is used in conjuction with ntvdm.exe to run old DOS
applications.

[[MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows programs actually run as a Win32 process. The
program that creates the virtual MS-DOS environments for these to run in
(NTVDM.EXE) is a Win32 program. A virtual DOS machine (VDM) is created for
the program, so it thinks that it is running on a machine by itself.
However, the virtual machine is a normal 32-bit Windows NT process and is
subject to the same rules of preemptive multitasking as is other programs.
However, this only applies to MS-DOS programs. ]]

[[To run 16-bit Windows applications, NT uses a VDM that contains an extra
software layer called the Win16 on Win32 (WOW) layer. Although the VDM for
Windows shares some of the code for MS-DOS VDM, all Windows applications
share the same VDM. The reason this is done is to simulate the environment
that 16-bit Windows applications run in. Because Windows applications might
want to communicate with one another, a single VDM is used. Each 16-bit
application runs as a thread of the VDM; however, the WOW layers ensures
that only one of these threads is running at any given time. ]]

FILE INFORMATION:
Name: wowexec.exe
Description: Windows Win16 Application Launcher
Version: 3.10.0.103

wowexec - wowexec.exe - Process Information
Process File: wowexec or wowexec.exe
Process Name: Windows On Windows Execution Process
Description: Windows On Windows Execution Support Process that provides
support for 16-bit Windows applications together with ntvdm.exe. The service
is started by NTVDM, which starts every time you run a 16-bit program.
Company: Microsoft Corp.
 
Jupiter Jones [MVP] said in news:[email protected]:
Have you reinstalled your video drivers?
That file is related to your video driver, ATI if I remember
correctly.



programs without it. However I also do not have my recovery disks nor
any other computers I can get the file, and so on. Does anybody know
how I may go about getting that file? It is unavailable in the windows
download section, and I cannot find anywhere on the net to download
it. Any help I can get on this topic will be much appriciated.
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No, WOW is "Windows on Windows". It provides support for 16-bit
applications (so, more accurately, it should be "Windows 16-bit on
Windows 32-bit").

HOW TO: Identify a 16-bit Program in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320127
 
Yes, the file is missing and programs I try to use that require it give me the error message. I'd previously tried looking for it in the specified folders and could not locate it. I just wish Microsoft had somewhere to dl programs like that. However they probably were not taking into consideration inept people like myself losing their backup cd's. ;-) Thank you all for your input. I might have to try the library stop mentioned in the first reply... If however, someone could spare me that I'll be eternally grateful. :-)

Wesley Vogel said:
You can't find wowexec.exe or you get an error message saying
wowexec.exe can't be found??

wowexec.exe
Should be in:
C:\WINDOWS\system32
and
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache

wowexec.exe is used in conjuction with ntvdm.exe to run old DOS
applications.

[[MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows programs actually run as a Win32 process. The
program that creates the virtual MS-DOS environments for these to run in
(NTVDM.EXE) is a Win32 program. A virtual DOS machine (VDM) is created for
the program, so it thinks that it is running on a machine by itself.
However, the virtual machine is a normal 32-bit Windows NT process and is
subject to the same rules of preemptive multitasking as is other programs.
However, this only applies to MS-DOS programs. ]]

[[To run 16-bit Windows applications, NT uses a VDM that contains an extra
software layer called the Win16 on Win32 (WOW) layer. Although the VDM for
Windows shares some of the code for MS-DOS VDM, all Windows applications
share the same VDM. The reason this is done is to simulate the environment
that 16-bit Windows applications run in. Because Windows applications might
want to communicate with one another, a single VDM is used. Each 16-bit
application runs as a thread of the VDM; however, the WOW layers ensures
that only one of these threads is running at any given time. ]]

FILE INFORMATION:
Name: wowexec.exe
Description: Windows Win16 Application Launcher
Version: 3.10.0.103

wowexec - wowexec.exe - Process Information
Process File: wowexec or wowexec.exe
Process Name: Windows On Windows Execution Process
Description: Windows On Windows Execution Support Process that provides
support for 16-bit Windows applications together with ntvdm.exe. The service
is started by NTVDM, which starts every time you run a 16-bit program.
Company: Microsoft Corp.


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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

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Desertranger said:
I am currently without my wowexec.exe file and cannot run some
programs without it. However I also do not have my recovery disks nor
any other computers I can get the file, and so on. Does anybody know
how I may go about getting that file? It is unavailable in the
windows download section, and I cannot find anywhere on the net to
download it. Any help I can get on this topic will be much
appriciated.
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Since you're using CDO you may not even *see* this, but attached is a zipped
wowexec.exe.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In
Desertranger said:
Yes, the file is missing and programs I try to use that require it
give me the error message. I'd previously tried looking for it in the
specified folders and could not locate it. I just wish Microsoft had
somewhere to dl programs like that. However they probably were not
taking into consideration inept people like myself losing their
backup cd's. ;-) Thank you all for your input. I might have to try
the library stop mentioned in the first reply... If however, someone
could spare me that I'll be eternally grateful. :-)

Wesley Vogel said:
You can't find wowexec.exe or you get an error message saying
wowexec.exe can't be found??

wowexec.exe
Should be in:
C:\WINDOWS\system32
and
C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache

wowexec.exe is used in conjuction with ntvdm.exe to run old DOS
applications.

[[MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows programs actually run as a Win32
process. The program that creates the virtual MS-DOS environments
for these to run in (NTVDM.EXE) is a Win32 program. A virtual DOS
machine (VDM) is created for the program, so it thinks that it is
running on a machine by itself. However, the virtual machine is a
normal 32-bit Windows NT process and is subject to the same rules of
preemptive multitasking as is other programs. However, this only
applies to MS-DOS programs. ]]

[[To run 16-bit Windows applications, NT uses a VDM that contains an
extra software layer called the Win16 on Win32 (WOW) layer.
Although the VDM for Windows shares some of the code for MS-DOS VDM,
all Windows applications share the same VDM. The reason this is
done is to simulate the environment that 16-bit Windows applications
run in. Because Windows applications might want to communicate with
one another, a single VDM is used. Each 16-bit application runs as
a thread of the VDM; however, the WOW layers ensures that only one
of these threads is running at any given time. ]]

FILE INFORMATION:
Name: wowexec.exe
Description: Windows Win16 Application Launcher
Version: 3.10.0.103

wowexec - wowexec.exe - Process Information
Process File: wowexec or wowexec.exe
Process Name: Windows On Windows Execution Process
Description: Windows On Windows Execution Support Process that
provides support for 16-bit Windows applications together with
ntvdm.exe. The service is started by NTVDM, which starts every time
you run a 16-bit program. Company: Microsoft Corp.


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In
Desertranger said:
I am currently without my wowexec.exe file and cannot run some
programs without it. However I also do not have my recovery disks
nor any other computers I can get the file, and so on. Does anybody
know how I may go about getting that file? It is unavailable in the
windows download section, and I cannot find anywhere on the net to
download it. Any help I can get on this topic will be much
appriciated.
Click to expand...
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Desertranger said in
Yes, the file is missing and programs I try to use that require it
give me the error message. I'd previously tried looking for it in the
specified folders and could not locate it. I just wish Microsoft had
somewhere to dl programs like that. However they probably were not
taking into consideration inept people like myself losing their
backup cd's. ;-) Thank you all for your input. I might have to try
the library stop mentioned in the first reply... If however, someone
could spare me that I'll be eternally grateful. :-)
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When you run the System File Checker (SFC) via "sfc /scannow", it
doesn't reappear? When you go under C:\Windows\System32\DLLcache,
there's no copy of wowexec.exe there?
 
wowexec.exe is part of direct x, though I'm not sure, but try downloading
direct x runtime, might fix it there
 
Sorry I have been so long in replying.
Wesley, I was wondering about that zipped file you mentioned in one of your previous entries. I couldn't find it (and you seemed to have your doubt that I would). What am I lacking that would hinder me from seeing that? Is there anything I could do to correct that and then get the file? :::blinks stupidly::: CDO?? ;-) And here I was thinking I knew everything. I know my account is overdrawn, but I would appriciate any more assistance you could give me.

Thanks,
Desertranger
 
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