.exe file wont execute?!

[chri5 10]

Just tried to install a program on a PC but the setup.exe is ignoring me? What could cause this? Tried auto run on the cd but with the same result!?

 

It will work on another PC

[Dave650 10]

sounds simple but you have tried rebooting haven't you?

[D2J 10]

What OS are you using? Is your Anti Virus stopping you from running it?

[xircon 10]

try to copy the contents of the CD to a folder on your harddrive using dos and run from there: (where d: is drive letter of your CD)

 

Start->run->type cmd in box press enter, then in cmd window

 

d: (press enter)

copy *.* c:\tmpcd (press enter)

cd \tmpcd (press enter)

setup (press enter)

[chri5 10]

OS: WinXP

 

Tried copying to a folder on hard disk but still the same.

 

Yep rebooted several times!

 

Still no joy

[Ivor&Mel 10]

Are both PCs running XP?

 

What exactly is the program and version that you're tring to instal? Just wondering if it's worth trying to run the setup.exe in Win2K-compatibility mode...

[sallonoroff 10]

Is it actually a program? Is it's type even "application" or "program"?

 

Like I&M says, what is it you're trying to install?

 

 

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[chri5 10]

I'm trying to install the software on a cd that came with a mobile phone (Nokia N95). Still can't get it to work!?

[Ivor&Mel 10]

Hmm... I have the N95 CD stuff installed on this PC, no problems Presumably you just double-click the icon from Explorer, and you see no messages at all...? If so, might be worth opening a cmd box and running it from there. Also, what about D2J's question about antivirus?

[chri5 10]

Not the Virus scanner, this program runs on a pc with the same os and virus software so it's not the cd either.

I've checked the .exe file association is correct also.

[chri5 10]

When I look in task manager the setup.exe is running but nothing happens, I click it again and another setup.exe appears in task manager but still nothing.

[Ivor&Mel 10]

Weird... Have you tried running Ccleaner to clear out all your temporary files? It's possible that setup.exe needs to use it and might get upset about an already-existing file in temp...