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Anonymous   10-03-2008 at 10:14:12 AM

Can somebody please explain what this message means, and suggest what action needs to be taken in order to get the selected program to work.

>> C:\program files\selectedprogram.exe

>> This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect.
>> Reinstalling the application may ([#ff2a00]NOT WILL) fix this problem.[/#0e00f0]

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auscanzukus   10-04-2008 at 02:39:37 PM
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Never heard of that problem. Did you install it? Could be malware. Run a full antivirus scan. Highly recommend:

http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/

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fistral13   10-06-2008 at 10:36:54 AM
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I do not know where it came from.
Unable to use my Norton 360 because of the problem.

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fistral13   10-06-2008 at 10:39:59 AM
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I tried downloading new copies of failed applications, but none of them would unzip and run because of the problem.

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fistral13   10-06-2008 at 10:43:04 AM
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Could it be because I had to reinstall XP at SP1, and the failed applications last ran when XP was at SP3?

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fistral13   10-06-2008 at 11:13:03 AM
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Unable to get to windows update to go back up to SP3.
Tried Microsoft site, but could not find SP3 upgrade there, is there another download site I could try?

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allhands   10-06-2008 at 02:22:53 PM
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fistral13 wrote :

I do not know where it came from.
Unable to use my Norton 360 because of the problem.



1st of all I would get rid of Norton. 2nd if you can't run antimalware scan from the HDD you should run it from a bootable CD such as UBCD4WIN. This is the preferred method anyways since you will only be scanning the HDD not running anything off of it.

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auscanzukus   10-06-2008 at 05:35:24 PM
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You can download anything from another pc. Or at your friend's/office's. If it's a new install, might as well start fresh.

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