Shark Posted January 14, 2012 Member ID: 948 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 83 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 1 Achievement Points: 573 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2013 Birthday: 03/24/1976 Share Posted January 14, 2012 So I decided to give BF3 a try today. I have Vista 32-bit and checked the back of the box, says it supports vista 32-bit but when I run the autorun I get an error that says Autorun.exe is not a valid Win32 file. Any idea what the hell this means, and did I just wast $70 on a game I cannot play even though the back of the box says I can? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St33l Posted January 14, 2012 Member ID: 212 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 84 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 844 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 57 Achievement Points: 5154 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 4, 2017 Birthday: 12/02/1987 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Fix from tomshardware forums. This is actually a registry issue. In my experience it usually is associated with malware. Typically it is only a residual problem left over since this class of malware is normally easily detected and removed. I am not sure how qtcore4.dll factored into it but it seems to be an important system file. If you think it could be corruption Click here for Microsoft's solution. Also, run some hard drive diagnostics and checkdsk Malware is more likely... I couldn't find the article to link but Microsoft published a statement on technet that said after an infection is removed the system has still been permanently compromised. What this means: Assuming proper removal there is nothing actively malicious on your system, however, often malware creates system vulnerabilities. While active they can flag your IP to a remote server for future intrusion. Microsoft's solution? - System re-imaging. Bottom line: System files don't get corrupted without a reason, check your rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eidolonFIRE Posted January 14, 2012 Member ID: 2759 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 17 Topic Count: 199 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3496 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 3021 Achievement Points: 26464 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/22/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 16, 2017 Birthday: 07/27/1990 Share Posted January 14, 2012 what it's looking for is autorun.exe but maybe that isn't there, most discs have autorun.ini. If this is the case, which I have no idea cause I've never had that problem... open the ini file and read what .exe file it says on the inside. Then just run that file manually. Most likely that would be just something like Setup.exe or Install.exe. (it wouldn't hurt to just look for those from the start.) (if you don't see it just inside the disc directory, look inside the folders in the disc. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out which one it would be in.) I have no idea if that will help you or not, it's just my 2 cents. ( it's what I would prolly do if that ever happened to me ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-RayXI Posted January 14, 2012 Member ID: 133 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 77 Topic Count: 602 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 6888 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 1371 Achievement Points: 44109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 12/12/1971 Device: Windows Share Posted January 14, 2012 Shark, enter the cd key into Origin and download the game digital. Worked for me and I have the disks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Cavey Posted January 14, 2012 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.42 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Share Posted January 14, 2012 eidolon what it's looking for is autorun.exe but maybe that isn't there, most discs have autorun.ini. If this is the case, which I have no idea cause I've never had that problem... open the ini file and read what .exe file it says on the inside. Then just run that file manually. Most likely that would be just something like Setup.exe or Install.exe. (it wouldn't hurt to just look for those from the start.) (if you don't see it just inside the disc directory, look inside the folders in the disc. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out which one it would be in.) I have no idea if that will help you or not, it's just my 2 cents. ( it's what I would prolly do if that ever happened to me ) This is the easiest way. Just put the DVD in your drive, and right click the drive and choose open. You can now browse the contents of the disk. Find install.exe, setup.exe or whatever the autorun is actually targeting. Saves you having to play around with registry, which if you get wrong, could ruin you entire OS install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BattlewolF Posted January 14, 2012 Member ID: 2028 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted January 14, 2012 Cavey eidolon what it's looking for is autorun.exe but maybe that isn't there, most discs have autorun.ini. If this is the case, which I have no idea cause I've never had that problem... open the ini file and read what .exe file it says on the inside. Then just run that file manually. Most likely that would be just something like Setup.exe or Install.exe. (it wouldn't hurt to just look for those from the start.) (if you don't see it just inside the disc directory, look inside the folders in the disc. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out which one it would be in.) I have no idea if that will help you or not, it's just my 2 cents. ( it's what I would prolly do if that ever happened to me ) This is the easiest way. Just put the DVD in your drive, and right click the drive and choose open. You can now browse the contents of the disk. Find install.exe, setup.exe or whatever the autorun is actually targeting. Saves you having to play around with registry, which if you get wrong, could ruin you entire OS install. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
EDD THE DUCK Posted January 14, 2012 Member ID: 375 Group: ++++ Senior Admin Followers: 92 Topic Count: 385 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4065 Content Per Day: 0.76 Reputation: 7844 Achievement Points: 37160 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 45 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Wednesday at 03:51 PM Birthday: 06/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted January 14, 2012 SkunK|NL Cavey eidolon what it's looking for is autorun.exe but maybe that isn't there, most discs have autorun.ini. If this is the case, which I have no idea cause I've never had that problem... open the ini file and read what .exe file it says on the inside. Then just run that file manually. Most likely that would be just something like Setup.exe or Install.exe. (it wouldn't hurt to just look for those from the start.) (if you don't see it just inside the disc directory, look inside the folders in the disc. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out which one it would be in.) I have no idea if that will help you or not, it's just my 2 cents. ( it's what I would prolly do if that ever happened to me ) This is the easiest way. Just put the DVD in your drive, and right click the drive and choose open. You can now browse the contents of the disk. Find install.exe, setup.exe or whatever the autorun is actually targeting. Saves you having to play around with registry, which if you get wrong, could ruin you entire OS install. +1 +2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Shark Posted January 14, 2012 Member ID: 948 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 83 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 1 Achievement Points: 573 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 13, 2013 Birthday: 03/24/1976 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 Thanks everyone for the help! I ran a registry clean and after that everything worked like a charm. Only problem now is someone's already registered Shark_XI LOL Can't win for loosing! See you in game soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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