See responses after your questions. And thanks for the help.
"Twayne" <nobody@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> In news:ePtElrB3KHA.4028@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
> Abradaxis <jsindler@career-objectives.com> typed:
>> Running Win XP SP3. Have Corel's (Intervideo) WIN DVD 8
>> installed, and have this as my program of choice in the
>> Folders entry in control panel as the program to always
>> open WMV programs. When I point to a WMV program and pick
>> play or open, I get a message "File xxx is not a valid
>> Win32 Program." and an abort. However, if I launch WinDVD
>> 8, and have the program point to the file, it opens and
>> plays it perfectly every time. Do I have an error in my
>> system somewhere? Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Is this something new because you just installed that program?
Yes. I just installed the program and just started getting the error
message.
> Or was it working and then stopped working all of a sudden?
>
> If it's a new install it could be anything from corruption (try a
> reinstall) to a codec being corrupted or missing that it needs. I
> wouldn't expect that error message in this case, but error messages are
> famous for not describing things properly.
I certainly will try a reinstall.
>
> What program gives you the error message and won't play the WMVs? All
> you talked about is winDVD8.
I am talking about an older program (older because the publisher keeps on
updating it with more and more mostly useless add-ons. It used to be
WINDVD by Intervideo. I had version 5 for playing videos, and it worked
fine, but not in high-def. So I upgraded to Version 8 (they're now on
version 10 or 11). It's now ownded by Corel. But the basic nature of the
program is just to play videos (commercial), or WMV files.
>
> Or are you saying that by using winDVD8 to open a program it works but
> if you click on the wmv it won't work?
> If that's the case, then I'd check the File Association entries to see
> that the actions in it are correct. Make sure it says to "play", etc.
> etc..
The file associations are fine. WMV files are associated with and to be
opened by Intervideo WINDVD Version 8 files. If I have a AWMV file on my
desktop (let us say), and I point to it and say open with AWINDVD or Play,
it gives me the error message not a valid win32 file. But if I launch
WINDVD, use the program to point to my desktop and the WMV file I want to
play, it opens the file and plays it fine. Which is why I don't think I
have a malware issue. I hope I made myself clear.
>
> That's a strange error message but if it'll play in other ways, it's
> obviously a misleading message; not unusual.
It absolutely will play using the program to launch the file, not by
clicking on it, even though WMV files are meand to be opened by just this
program.
>
> Please include versions and all program names if there is more than
> winDVD8 here.
It is called Intervideo WINDVD 8, and distributed by Corel.
Again, thanks for the help. It is now just a bother, but it bugs me that
it does not work correctly. Your suggestions much appreciated.
>
> HTH,
>
> Twayne`
>
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