A TechLore "Ask the Experts" Question...
Question:
i purchased an emerson mp200 mp3 player. I have windows 98 se it said i needed a driver i downloaded the mp200 driver for windows 98se and below. But when i tried to install it when my mp3 was plugged in it wouldnt let me. it said this is not a valid win32 application. What do I do?
-submitted by msonj055
Answer:
It's not generally recommended to plug a USB device into a Win98 computer without installing the driver first. I would restart the computer, and try to install the driver before plugging the device in.
To verify your problem, I tried to install the MP200 driver to a Win 98SE machine, and the installation went fine. I could not recreate the invalid win32 application error. I'll take you through a step-by-step, and we'll see how it goes.
- Download the MP200 software package from Emerson's website. I know you have already done this, but it would be a good idea to delete what you have, and download the program again in case there was a problem with your prior attempt.
- The package is downloaded as a zipped file, which needs a program like WinZip to decompress. Extract all of the files to the same place on your hard drive.
- Click on the file "setupapp.exe" and follow the prompts on-screen to install the software for your digital player.
- Restart the computer
- Once the computer is up again, Windows should recognize the MP3 player the next time you plug it into a USB port. You will be able to copy and paste, or transfer files just like you would from folder to folder on a hard drive.
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