how can i keep wowexec.exe from stopping programs

[andreasaspenberg]

please tell me.

 

[Kercyn]

You cannot alter the way a process operates, unless you manage to inject your own code into it. Having read numerous posts of yours, I can safely say that you are, to put it politely, an... overconfident and persistent novice in the area of computing. What makes you think wowexec stops programs in the first place? Could you provide more information please?

 

[andreasaspenberg]

if i had been a novice i wouldnt have passed an exam in computer use. when i try to install street wars on my laptop wowexec starts up to stop the installation every time. i didnt have any problems on my desktop. i used the compatibility wizard on both.

 

[Kercyn]

Oh, an expert then. I'm very sorry, I will try to answer accordingly then. Process A (belonging to the OS or an anti-virus/malware/whatever application) will terminate process B if B performs a dangerous or impermissible action, to prevent it from causing data loss or other kinds of harm to the system. I searched a bit, and "Street Wars" appears to be an annual even with water guns, or a movie. Neither of those can be installed, so please do explain what exactly this "Street Wars" is. I would also recommend scanning the files using one or more anti-virus software, or by using an online scanner such as this. wowexec (can this even terminate other processes? I don't know about that :S) may terminate the installation because it perceives it as malicious.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the installation and wowexec cant run perfectly at the same time.(the installation doesnt use resources while being blocked but keep running without working.) street wars is a pc game that might also go by the name of mob rule. the problem is computer specific as well.

 

[Kercyn]

I don't know how you ended up blaming wowexec, are you sure that very process is responsible? Also, are you sure that the installation files are not corrupted in some way?

 

[Cihparg]

http://www.screenio.com/gui_screenio/gs_htmlhelp_subweb/advanced/windows-apis_winexec.htm
WinExec cannot prevent a file from launching, WinExec may attempt to launch a file; However, if a error occurs, it will most likely prevent from going any further and shut the process that it tried to launch.

Thus, the problem is not in WinExec, it is in the other file.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i did mean wowexec. i installed the game on my desktop today without any problems. i used the same cd in the laptop. when the installation starts, wowexec starts as well. when i terminate the setup, wowexec terminates as well.

 

[Kercyn]

Also, are you sure that the installation files are not corrupted in some way?

However, if a error occurs, it will most likely prevent from going any further and shut the process that it tried to launch.
Thus, the problem is not in WinExec, it is in the other file.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

what is that supposed to mean.

 

[Gilles]

That you never seem to understand what people try and tell you. You keep telling us you know what your doing, and yet you have a ridiculous amount of problems that no one can fix.

I've decided that you are a very committed troll, and I've given up helping you.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i havent ever nor will i ever be, a troll. my problems are real. it isnt my fault that people some times fail to help me solve my problems. i still need help with this problem though.

 

[General Frank]

You exaggerate any of your problems and don't even listen to what people are telling you. And even if you are not happy with the outcome of your horribly specific questions and, mind if I tell you directly, pretty arrogant responses, you just report them and think you are THE ONLY one who is right.
But this is not the case.
You should really stop that. Please.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

if people had tried to solve the problem rather than waste my time the problem would most likely already have been solved.

 

[General Frank]

Your are the one wasting our and your time.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

if people gave me a solution the problem would have been solved already and you wouldnt have been harassing me. the problem is that people dont always provide solutions so the problem remains unsolved and i wont be able to install street wars on the laptop until a solution is found.

 

[Kercyn]

So, instead of begging for hand-holding and spoonfeeding, have you even considered what me and OffGraphic suggested?

 

[andreasaspenberg]

the installation cant be corrupted if the problem is computer specific. (i used the same cd on both.) OffGraphic said winexec so that user was simply wrong about the file.

 

[Kercyn]

Then provide screenshots and exhaustive details of what's going on when you try to install the game. No "i run install and then install runs no more" stuff.

 

[MGCǂSpectre]

People are not obliged to solve your problems, they even offered you to go to a more geeky forum if you are not satisfied with the help here. Seeing your questions, you don't even know how to name them, your knowledge of PC is below average, so if you passed the How-To-Turn-the-PC-On test, then congrats.

Sure, the problems don't seem easy, especially since they show you've made a mess, could be registry related as when you make a mess there, you start a program or game and some installer of a program not even related to it launches. I've seen that and it usually means it is heck of a mess there. And no surprise seeing you want to downgrade to Vista, rather than being clean and do everything fresh.

Clean install could solve all these problems, but hell, you ask a LOT of questions.

 

[Kercyn]

but hell, you ask a LOT of questions.

That's not the problem though. The problem is that you think you know a lot about computers, while you know nothing, and still you act as if you're some experienced computer scientist with 20 years of experience on your back. Also, you never, ever hear what others say; you think you're above all and your knowledge is unmatched.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

there is many people that disagree with you there. upgrading to windows 7 on a pc i will soon replace is a bad idea. i could check the registry for errors though. formatting the harddrive is a bad idea though. (i did that a lot on a pc and it installed a password in windows.) i cant reinstall with a windows cd either because i dont have one and the product key isnt compatible with that either.(i tried that when i first got the pc.)

 

[Kercyn]

there is many people that disagree with you there. upgrading to windows 7 on a pc i will soon replace is a bad idea. i could check the registry for errors though. formatting the harddrive is a bad idea though. (i did that a lot on a pc and it installed a password in windows.) i cant reinstall with a windows cd either because i dont have one and the product key isnt compatible with that either.(i tried that when i first got the pc.)

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That was me hitting my head on my laptop out of lack of things to say. You are so entirely ignorant of how computers function that it amazes me you have figured out how to post on a forum.

Fact #1: Windows 7 is better than Vista.
Fact #2: Formatting the hard drive is a bad idea only if you format it once a week or something.
Fact #3: No OS that I'm aware off enforces password-protected accounts on installation, and no OS magically creates a secret password or locks anything.

You don't have a windows CD, but the key you have isn't compatible with that CD anyway? lolwuuuuuuuuut?
If you legally purchased Windows, you got a key. You can use that key to reactivate Windows anytime, anywhere. What are you talking about?

 

[andreasaspenberg]

when i first got that laptop its system was broken so i reinstalled from scratch. i tried the product key that came with the pc in the activation software but i couldnt get it to work. i returned to the shop with it but they couldnt get it to work either.(even after reinstalling windows.) windows 7 costs a lot. it just isnt worth it when i will replace the pc soon anyway. back to the problem: i have a cd check issue with street wars. it might be solved by installing the game properly but the installation program gets blocked by wowexec for some reason. another solution is to add it to the registry somehow without doing a proper install.

 

[Gilles]

Wait, a computer store couldn't fix the problem? And you expect to?

 

[BlargHonk]

To reiterate posts in the hope it goes through your remarkably thick skull. Wowexec Cannot Prevent Programs From Running.

The reason Wowexec runs when you start the installer is because it is a part of the 32bit emulation within 64bit Windows. To elaborate, without Wowexec the installer couldn't even run. I am guessing the reason it installs on the other computer is because that computer has a 32bit OS.

To summarize, You Can Not Run It On A 64 Bit Operating System Currently.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i believe that that laptop is running vista 32 bit.

 

[Gilles]

It's probably emulating 16bit then. Either way, you basically disregarded (again) what Blarg just told you.

 

[HFR]

andreasaspenberg, please leave the internet and never return.

 

[Magtheridon96]

At first I had no idea what wowexec is. I thought it was some WoW executable
Thanks for clearing up that misconception for me Blarghonk :>

andreasaspenberg, if you're running a 64-bit Windows, reinstall it in 32-bit.
If that doesn't work, .. I don't know what to say.

 

[Dr Super Good]

The reason Wowexec runs when you start the installer is because it is a part of the 32bit emulation within 64bit Windows. To elaborate, without Wowexec the installer couldn't even run. I am guessing the reason it installs on the other computer is because that computer has a 32bit OS.

This is wrong...

Windows Vista, 7 and 8 64bit versions do not come with Wowexec and can never use it. They do use a Windows on Windows system to run 32 bit process but this is nativly built into the OS so all 32 bit processes appear as their 64 bit counterpart but with *32 next to them.

Wowexec is only on 32 bit opperating systems (even XP has it) and it is for running 16 bit applications on a 32 bit opperating system. When starting a processor in 32 bit opperating mode you are allowed to run various 16 bit backwards compatbility sub modes which the opperating system can change freely at any time. When starting a processor in 64 bit opperating mode (extended mode I think) you only have access to 64 and 32 bit sub modes thus it is physiclly impossble for a 64 bit OS to run a 16 bit program.

The Windows on Windows (WoW) component of the OS manages running legacy software from lower wordsized systems on larger wordsize systems. To do this it needs to load up legacy versions of all opperating system libraries that the program requires and to start the thread in a legacy execution mode. As 64 bit opperating systems require being run in extended mode, it is impossible to switch a thread into 16 bit execution but it is possible to switch between various 64 and 32 bit execution modes (for protected and unprotected memory modes).

However, people being smart have developed a way around this problem by "virtualizing" opperating systems. This allows you to have many opperating systems loaded into memory at once.

I remember playing a game called simtowers when I was a young kid (like 8-9). I wanted to revisit this game just for memories sake now. My opperating system is Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and the game I wanted to run is 16 bit. The result of attempting to run dirrectly is a lovely unsupported program code error by the opperating system when trying to start the game. However, as I get a free 32 bit copy of Windows XP I decided to try out virtualization. The result is that I could play the game through a 32bit XP virtual OS running in my 64 bit Windows 7 OS. This is because 32 bit XP has access to Wowexec to run the 16 bit program executable as the processor is not loaded in extended mode but the 64 bit main OS is running in extended mode so can not access a 16 bit execution mode. Through Virtualization I could start the non-extended OS inside my extended OS and run the program. Wow I remember the game being better when I was young LOL.

There is a problem however... Opperating systems can not run legacy drivers for supported execution modes. A 64 bit OS can only use 64 bit drivers and so any 32 bit program relying on direct communication via a driver (and not an abstraction interface) will not work on it. Likewise this applies to 16 bit programs running on a 32 bit OS.

andreasaspenberg, what you are trying to run is not supported by your current OS so it crashes. Try running a virtualization of an older OS which did support the product in question. By the way, what product in question is this out of curosity?

 

[andreasaspenberg]

so why then does it work perfectly on my desktop. it only crash on the laptop and they run the same system.

 

[Gilles]

For all that is holy, please give detailed descriptions and any screenshots you can. If you can give us a screenshot of the actual crash report, or something!

With the information you continue to give us, there is no way we can help. You're attitude stinks too, a little appreciation for the many...many times we have tried to help would be nice.

 

[Dr Super Good]

so why then does it work perfectly on my desktop. it only crash on the laptop and they run the same system.

Because your laptop is not your desktop? Their hardware and drivers are probably very different so it is impossible to garuntee that software designed to work on neithor of them but works on one of them will work on the other.

You must remember that 16 bit software is so old it probably does not recognize any modern hardware next to the CPU (which are designed in a generic way). Maybe your one computer has drivers that are more compatible than the other.

 

[andreasaspenberg]

i fixed it by running the installation in 8 bit.

 

[BlargHonk]

i fixed it by running the installation in 8 bit.

You mean 256 color mode?

 

[andreasaspenberg]

correct. that is another way to put it.

 

[Dr Super Good]

256 colour mode does not mean 8 bits... 16 bit computers and even 32 bit computers continued to use 8 bit colour depth for quite a while.

Infact, I do not think you can run modern processors in 8 bit mode anymore even if they are loaded as non-extended.