Guest goldpony Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Hi, I need help with wowexec.exe. It kept popping up that there was a problems with it. I really don't know what it is and I really need help fixing it. Can anyone help? -- Lauria
Guest TaurArian [MS-MVP] Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Re: WOWEXEC.EXE When a WinXP Home computer runs 16-bit applications it produces the following error message: - WOWEXEC caused a General Protection Fault in module MMSYSTEM.DLL at 000A:0032 WOWEXEC is short for "Windows on Windows Execute" and is a helper program used to run 16-bit applications under NT and XP. A 16-bit program can give this error message when WOWEXEC is already running when the 16-bit program is started. Make sure that WOWEXEC is not left in memory when a 16-bit program is closed. To do this: 1. Log in as the administrator. 2. Run Regedit.exe (in \Windows). 3. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\WOW 4. Look for the entry DefaultSeparateVDM, and change it to Yes. 5. Close Regedit. Another possibility is that the path name to the 16-bit program is longer than 128 characters. To solve this problem relocate the program on a path with a shorter name. -- ==================================== TaurArian [MS-MVP] 2005-2008 - Australia ==================================== How to make a good post: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm Defending your machine: http://defendingyourmachine2.blogspot.com/ http://taurarian.mvps.org/index.htm Emails will not be acknowledged - please post to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "goldpony" <goldpony@windstream.net> wrote in message news:eAuhnShwHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... | Hi, I need help with wowexec.exe. It kept popping up that there was a | problems with it. I really don't know what it is and I really need help | fixing it. Can anyone help? | | -- | Lauria | |
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