IExpress Windows 2000 is Not Valid Win32 Program

[Guest]

Hi everyone,

I'm posting this question here because there doesn't seem to be any groups
dedicated to Windows 2000 or IExpress, and I'm using the IExpress (version
2.0) that ships with Vista.

I've created an open source project called DocProject
(http://www.codeplex.com/DocProject) for which I've used IExpress to package
a setup bootstrapper with a Windows Installer file (.msi).

This blog article explains how it was done:

From Setup and Deployment To Self-Extracting Installer
http://davesexton.com/blog/blogs/bl...upAndDeploymentToSelfExtractingInstaller.aspx

A user has recently reported that on Windows 2000 they get an error
indicating that the file is not a valid Win32 program. In the properties
window it states that the program is a "Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor".

The user has tried running the program on two different Windows 2000
machines with the same results.

I've tested the executable on Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
without having any problems. I also searched the web for information about
any incompatibility between IExpress and Window 2000 but I've come up empty
handed.

I assume that the problem is with the version of IExpress that ships with
Vista since the user discovered that there is _some_ version of IExpress
installed on their Window 2000 machine.

Anybody have any idea why the .exe doesn't work on Windows 2000 and how to
resolve this issue?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Michael Solomon]

Hi everyone,

I'm posting this question here because there doesn't seem to be any groups
dedicated to Windows 2000 or IExpress, and I'm using the IExpress (version
2.0) that ships with Vista.

I've created an open source project called DocProject
(http://www.codeplex.com/DocProject) for which I've used IExpress to
package
a setup bootstrapper with a Windows Installer file (.msi).

This blog article explains how it was done:

From Setup and Deployment To Self-Extracting Installer
http://davesexton.com/blog/blogs/bl...upAndDeploymentToSelfExtractingInstaller.aspx

A user has recently reported that on Windows 2000 they get an error
indicating that the file is not a valid Win32 program. In the properties
window it states that the program is a "Win32 Cabinet Self-Extractor".

The user has tried running the program on two different Windows 2000
machines with the same results.

I've tested the executable on Vista, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003
without having any problems. I also searched the web for information
about
any incompatibility between IExpress and Window 2000 but I've come up
empty
handed.

I assume that the problem is with the version of IExpress that ships with
Vista since the user discovered that there is _some_ version of IExpress
installed on their Window 2000 machine.

Anybody have any idea why the .exe doesn't work on Windows 2000 and how to
resolve this issue?

Thanks for your help.

You will probably find more and better help with this in the MSDN forums.
Go to the following link and click MSDN Forums on that page:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/aa497440.aspx

 

[Guest]

Ok, I'll try the forums. Thanks.

 

[Jdr]

Try this msnnews.msn.com there is about 28 NGs dedicated to win2K
News://msnnews.msn.com/microsoft.public.win2000.general

 

[Guest]

Thanks. I didn't even know that news server existed