setup.exe won't run

[wbeyea]

Clean install of xp home (have also tried xp professional). When I insert a
cd it won't autoplay. If I open the cd in explorer and then double click on
setup.exe a hourglasss apears for a brief moment and then nothing happens.
Other exe files in my system32 directory run fine.

I ran the autofix utility and it reported problems but it doesn't say what
they are. There are two dvd drives and the same thing happens with both. If I
copy the setup files to my hard drive nothing happens also.

I don't have much hair and I'm about to pull some out. How can I resolve
this issue?

 

[MowGreen [MVP]]

Open Internet Options in the Control Panel
Click the Advanced tab
Scroll all the way to the bottom and look for 'Security'
Is the 'Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer' checked ?
If not, check it, then click Apply, OK
Now right click My Computer, either on the Desktop or on the Start Menu,
and choose Manage
Click the plus sign next to Storage; then Removable Storage; then the
plus sign next to Libraries
Right click each problematic drive and choose Properties
Make sure the 'Enable drive', on the bottom right of the window, is
checked. If they're not, check them and click Apply, OK.

Did that resolve the issue ?

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
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*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
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[HeyBub]

Clean install of xp home (have also tried xp professional). When I
insert a cd it won't autoplay. If I open the cd in explorer and then
double click on setup.exe a hourglasss apears for a brief moment and
then nothing happens. Other exe files in my system32 directory run
fine.

I ran the autofix utility and it reported problems but it doesn't say
what they are. There are two dvd drives and the same thing happens
with both. If I copy the setup files to my hard drive nothing happens
also.

I don't have much hair and I'm about to pull some out. How can I
resolve this issue?

If the issue is "I want to do a clean install" then set the CD-Drive as the
boot device in the computer's BIOS.

Otherwise, you're asking the operating system (which is running) to commit
suicide (by installing over itself). It may not be too keen on that idea.

 

[wbeyea]

Open Internet Options in the Control Panel
Click the Advanced tab
Scroll all the way to the bottom and look for 'Security'
Is the 'Allow active content from CDs to run on My Computer' checked ?
If not, check it, then click Apply, OK
Now right click My Computer, either on the Desktop or on the Start Menu,
and choose Manage
Click the plus sign next to Storage; then Removable Storage; then the
plus sign next to Libraries
Right click each problematic drive and choose Properties
Make sure the 'Enable drive', on the bottom right of the window, is
checked. If they're not, check them and click Apply, OK.

Did that resolve the issue ?

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2008]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============

I did as you instructed with no change. It's intersting that this happened
on both a clean install of Windows Professiona and Home. Exe's not named
setep.exe load and run fine; I was able to install a couple of games for my
son with no problem. Why won't they run?

Wayne