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Downloaded programs do not open (usually) Recent Reformat
Hello. So I have recently reinstalled Windows 7 Ultimate and being a noob I forgot to back up my drivers. I'm pretty positive that all of my drivers are updated my system works fine, I can play the games I play and have sound etc etc.
I'm noticing most of the new programs I download do not open at all, or are fickle.
For example I had battle.net and Heroes of the Storm installed. For awhile battle.net would prompt to run as admin then would pop up the icon in the bottom right but would not open. when i open the hidden icons dropdown it would disappear. It was downloaded to my x86 programs folder. I uninstalled reinstalled in program files and it works. I also have a program files x68 which has nothing in it. no clue where that came from.
Last night I downloaded a VoIP client called Curse and it won't open at all. Target Path is
"C:\Users\__name__\AppData\Roaming\Curse Client\Bin\Curse.exe" however when i click on my "name" folder AppData is not present
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name _________________
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model Rfrb HPE-510t
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date AMI 7.11, 3/18/2011
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name ________________
Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 9.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 8.98 GB
Available Physical Memory 6.99 GB
Total Virtual Memory 18.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 15.8 GB
Page File Space 8.98 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
I'm not sure what information would be relevant.
I ran SlimDrivers and updated a lot of my drivers that way. I ran intel driver update utility and its finds the latest version of the Intel(R) Chipset Device Software INF files but install fails every time. I checked regedit and I currently have 9.4.1027 installed. If this is the problem how can force the download of the new one as the update utility fails and running the actual executable from its location does not start (like my other issues with downloads)