Problem running an exe file in XP (dos window opens/closes)

[andrewparadou]

Hi,

A few weeks ago I started having a problem installing programs with
exe files. When I double click on any exe program file, instead of
running the installation program I get a dos window opening and
closing. This may have been at the same time that I added a external
USB Maxtor hard drive to the PC.

Today I reformatted and reinstalled XP on another PC and have the same
problem. I was installing the programs from the same external USB
maxtor hard drive!

Thinking that it could be a problem with the Maxtor hard disk driver
?? I restored windows to its original installation configuration and
still have the problem!

Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

I’m on XP SP2.

Andrew

 

[ANONYMOUS]

Perhaps the dos program is installing the drivers and closing the box
quickly before you had any time to read the messages.

How about running from a cmd prompt. You can do this by:

START, RUN, cmd

now type the name of the file/program including the path without the
extension .exe.

See what you get.

HTH