Comments on: What does not a valid win32 application mean? Say, with Chrome setup?

By: BOB20

BOB20 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:37:26 +0000

My firewall was causing incomplete file downloads. Everytime I shutdown the firewall before downloading a file, it works out.

By: Bijesh

Bijesh — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 03:05:10 +0000

i am getting chrome.exe corrupt file message in buttom of pc time to time.i am using google chrome web browser for more than 1 months.can any one suggest me how to get free from this sorts of message
bijesh
cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: tim

tim — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:19:26 +0000

@Chris

Beware – apparently some viruses actually display this message to mislead you into thinking they are not working.

Otherwise, it’s probably just an incomplete download.

Tim

By: Chris Robinson

Chris Robinson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:00:24 +0000

I also had this (similar) message when trying to download Norton antivirus removal tool which I am trying desperately to get rid of. Any ideas?

By: tim

tim — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:22:39 +0000

@Jesse

It sounds like the problem is with the file, especially if it occurs on other machines.

Are you able to check the exact file size against the online copy; and also verify that the online copy is OK?

Tim

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:22:09 +0000

I downloaded a file I know works with XP as hundreds have used it with no problem but on my machine it gives me the error above.

I tried my another XP machine and got a simular error.

I’m not sure what to do to resolve the issue. I’ve redownloaded it several times and with differant browsers and it still gives me the error.

I have a useless, dead $500 cell phone w/o this program working so I am pretty frustrated at this point.

By: Ant Bryan

Ant Bryan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:13:54 +0000

Corrupt downloads are one thing that Metalink is used to prevent. It includes file sizes & hashes to verify if a file is complete & identical, along with extra URLs for backup in case one goes down.