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LuXDeluxe Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:48am
Can't open .exe files
Title. l can't seem to open exe setup files like java or poweriso and demo exe games. It says that WinZip is like curropt or something and it says that its maybe my hard disk but l didnt do ♥♥♥♥. l got this new rig 5 days ago so can somehelp! When l want open some exe files it says like that this archive cant be open or it dosent open at all. l've tried .exe in the regedit and what not but it dosent work
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OLDMAN🎅 Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:49am 
use WinRAR
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LuXDeluxe Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:51am 
Originally posted by OLDMAN:
use WinRAR
l did
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[☥] - CJ - Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:52am 
Could be caused by corrupted installs
due to connection issues or RAM or HDD/SSD issues

Would be helpful if you could post screenshots of the errors
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LuXDeluxe Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:54am 
Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:
Could be caused by corrupted installs
due to connection issues or RAM or HDD/SSD issues

Would be helpful if you could post screenshots of the errors
how do l take them?
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IceFoxX Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:55am 
Originally posted by ⚜︎Luk∀︎™:
l've tried .exe in the regedit and what not but it dosent work
5days old Rig... already fails in windows and doing ♥♥♥♥ in the reg...
Do a clean install and dont do ♥♥♥♥ again...easy..
Layer 8 problem.. nothing else... reinstall will be faster...
Last edited by IceFoxX; Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:56am
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LuXDeluxe Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:56am 
Originally posted by IceFoxX:
Originally posted by ⚜︎Luk∀︎™:
l've tried .exe in the regedit and what not but it dosent work
5days old Rig... already fails in windows and doing ♥♥♥♥ in the reg...
Do a clean install and dont do ♥♥♥♥ again...easy
l didnt even touch l single ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ thing besides ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ steam
so do l need to just reinstall windows?
Last edited by LuXDeluxe; Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:57am
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IceFoxX Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:57am 
Lol sure... just do a clean install.. dont touch anything after that.. easy
Last edited by IceFoxX; Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:58am
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LuXDeluxe Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:58am 
Originally posted by IceFoxX:
Lol sure...
yeah sure dude
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IceFoxX Jan 23, 2020 @ 7:59am 
In your dreams maybe anyway... a clean install would be much faster
Last edited by IceFoxX; Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:00am
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[☥] - CJ - Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:00am 
Copy your Win10 key first just to be safe and have it as a backup in case you ever need to enter it. Though, if you cant install SPECCY that may not be possible.

Where did you get the PC and what are its specs?

Also
Did you do all the Windows Updates before you attempted to use the PC normally?
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LuXDeluxe Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:03am 
Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:
Copy your Win10 key first just to be safe and have it as a backup in case you ever need to enter it. Though, if you cant install SPECCY that may not be possible.

Where did you get the PC and what are its specs?

Also
Did you do all the Windows Updates before you attempted to use the PC normally?
specs: R5 2600 GTX 1070 TI GIGABYTE B450M and 16gb ram. l did everything right and everything was working fine even steam and games but exe just dont seem to work. l did the windows updates and l the BIOS. My hdd is from my previous pc so i scrapted it and l installed windows again.
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Out Of Bubblegum Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:03am 
It sounds like exe files became associated with Winzip by mistake. SOME exe file are self extracting archives. But most are not.
Winzip wants you to buy the premium version. Uninstall Winzip. Get 7-zip and install that one. Much better.
Last edited by Out Of Bubblegum; Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:04am
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LuXDeluxe Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:04am 
Originally posted by Out Of Bubblegum:
It sounds like exe file became associated with Winzip by mistake. SOME exe file are self extracting archives. But most are not.
Winzip wants you to buy the premium version. Uninstall Winzip. Get 7-zip and install that one. Much better.
did it dosent work.
edit:l deleted winrar and not winzip. how do l deinstall winzip?
Last edited by LuXDeluxe; Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:06am
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[☥] - CJ - Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:36am 
Windows comes with its own unzipping feature
If you didnt actually install Winzip (it should be shown in add/remove programs if you did) then the system could be referring to that.

Its possible the problem you are encountering may have to do with Windows Account control where it brings up a dialog box to make sure you want to open something. you can temporarily turn off UAC to see if that is the cause.

Have you tried opening the programs with run as administrator?
Last edited by [☥] - CJ -; Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:38am
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LuXDeluxe Jan 23, 2020 @ 8:43am 
Originally posted by ☥ - CJ -:
Windows comes with its own unzipping feature
If you didnt actually install Winzip (it should be shown in add/remove programs if you did) then the system could be referring to that.

Its possible the problem you are encountering may have to do with Windows Account control where it brings up a dialog box to make sure you want to open something. you can temporarily turn off UAC to see if that is the cause.

Have you tried opening the programs with run as administrator?
I did run as administrator but it didnt work. Yeah l could try turning that off il try
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