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Default sound running wowexec.exe [Solved]
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:15 pm
by Enrico Maria Giordano
Dear friends, since a couple of days I get a default sound any time a 16 bit program is run. Poking around, I found that it happens if I run wowexec.exe.
Any ideas (Windows XP)?
Thank you in advance.
EMG
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:25 pm
by Antonio Linares
Dear Enrico,
I don't use XP anymore. Ocasionally I install it in VirtualBox for some specific testing.
Have you googled about it ?
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:27 pm
by Antonio Linares
Enrico,
Have you recently installed some new software ?
Have you installed a Windows update ?
Try to restore it from a restore point from some days ago. Thats helps sometimes.
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:07 pm
by Enrico Maria Giordano
Antonio Linares wrote:Dear Enrico,
I don't use XP anymore. Ocasionally I install it in VirtualBox for some specific testing.
Have you googled about it ?
Yes, I googled a lot but found nothing interesting so far.
EMG
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:11 pm
by Enrico Maria Giordano
Antonio Linares wrote:Enrico,
Have you recently installed some new software ?
Yes, but I already tried to uninstall them.
Antonio Linares wrote:Have you installed a Windows update ?
No, not recently.
Antonio Linares wrote:Try to restore it from a restore point from some days ago. Thats helps sometimes.
I fear to lost something important...
EMG
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 9:46 pm
by Antonio Linares
Enrico,
I fear to lost something important...
Make a backup before then try it.
Important data should always be copied to a safe place. Even better: Never keep important data just in your computer
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 10:29 pm
by Enrico Maria Giordano
Antonio Linares wrote:Enrico,
I fear to lost something important...
Make a backup before then try it.
Important data should always be copied to a safe place. Even better: Never keep important data just in your computer
I know it and always keep a backup external hard disk updated. But how can I know if and which files are deleted or altered? Should I restore all my files after having restored from a restore point? I would prefer not to do it.
EMG
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:45 pm
by modicr
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:41 am
by Enrico Maria Giordano
Thank you. Unfortunately it didn't fix my problem. Any other ideas?
EMG
Re: Default sound running wowexec.exe [Solved]
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:14 pm
by Enrico Maria Giordano
I fixed the problem using a restore point.
EMG