View Full Version : [ubuntu] Qemu: Windows XP error programs are not valid win32
Gaming4JC
June 24th, 2008, 03:57 AM
Hello,
I installed qemu and qemu launcher onto my Ubuntu Hardy. Then I installed Windows XP on the virtual environment, it worked fine on install and runs perfectly on everything else except for this...
The problem is when I click on any windows executable (.exe), it gives me the error message: This is not a valid win32 application.
I heard an error like this was on qemu version 8 this is ver 0.9 with latest repositories soo....
If anyone knows about this, let me know. :)
Gaming4JC
June 24th, 2008, 10:55 PM
Windows 98SE works fine except it cannot connect to the internet. I shall try some drivers over here and post if it works: http://www.claunia.com/qemu/drivers/index.html
Although I can run Win98SE, I really need WindowsXP for most applications. Would anyone know about this win32 error? It doesn't appear on Win98SE... O_o
Gaming4JC
June 25th, 2008, 05:55 AM
Eurika! The fix was to reinstall Windows XP again. I gave it 1GB memory this time and 3.5GB on the hard drive. Also, it seems to be a bug with large CDs. Any CD containing over 10 files will some times trigger a win32 bug error.
Anyhow, works for me. Now I can run a few Windows Apps ^_^
larryfroot
July 7th, 2008, 06:08 PM
Having the same problem in virtualbox...I blamed virtualbox at first - but yes...sorry virtualbox its a windows bug. A virtualised windows bug, but still one of Redmond's sneakies.
Am installing another VM to see if my brainwave is a brainwave or an act of density. Have seen though that copying the CD contents to a folder on your hard drive and installing it from there works. Wish I found out about that trick before I started an install into my second VM...we learn.
javad-r
August 17th, 2010, 06:57 AM
Hi
If you just cant run a program from your CD/DVD drive,
go to setting->storage , remove CD/DVD drive and add it again.
I hope it solve your problem.
Gaming4JC
April 12th, 2011, 04:21 PM
Ran into the problem again, but resolved it by mounting an .iso in VBox instead of the actual CD. Strange bug, whatever it is.
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