Help! My Apps Suddenly Won't Run on My PC
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CuriousCat88
I'm running into a frustrating issue where a bunch of apps give me the error message, "this app can't run on your device," along with a prompt to check with the software publisher for a compatible version. I tried some command line commands that I thought would help, but they didn't make any difference. Does anyone have a solution to fix this?
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Did these apps work for you before? If they were fine a week ago but they're not running now, it could be that you're trying to run 16-bit apps which aren't supported by the 64-bit version of Windows.
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If you're still having issues, have you tried running the system file checker and DISM commands? They can sometimes fix deeper system problems, but not if there's a fundamental compatibility issue.
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It looks like the error could be due to having applications that aren't compatible with your processor architecture. If you have an x86-64 CPU, you can only run Win32 and AMD64 programs, so apps meant for Win16 or ARM64 just won't work. Make sure you're trying to run the right version for your setup.
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