<t> Well, I scanned the disk for errors and found none. Then I upgraded my video drivers (both the integrated and the graphics card one). I still get the original error message ('not a valid Win32 application').<br/>
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I will try an inplace upgrade (repair) of Windows 7, as suggested on one of ...

<t> Hi,<br/>
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I appreciate your help,even though so far I still can't run CoH.<br/>
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I tried to run dxdiag. It did, but it also warned me that a d3dx10_40.dll 'is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error.' A bit puzzling as I have recently updated directx. Anyway ...

<t> Hi,<br/>
Thanks for your reply. I tried it but without success.<br/>
1. Switched off windows firewall and bull guard anti-virus & firewall<br/>
2. uninstalled CoH<br/>
3. Installed CoH and .net and directx etc<br/>
4. I get the same error as before during startup<br/>
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I noticed an ...

<r> Hi,<br/>
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I recently bought Conflict of Heroes and installed it on my brandnew windows 7 machine. When I start the game I get an exception. I have allowed CoH to install updates to .net and directx etc as well as installed the latest patch.<br/>
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What is going wrong here? Thanks ...