.exe problem

This has been an on-going problem. When ever I download a set up file for a program, most of the time they do not work. Normally, I double click it, the little hour glass comes up for about 2 seconds, and then it disapears, and nothing happens. I have shut down my firewall (Zone Alarm Full Suite) and spy sweeper, and heck, even AIM to try and fix this problem. I have restarted my computer. Sometimes shutting down programs helps, most of the time it does not. I'm trying to install the new yahoo messenger...

If anyone knows how I could fix this annoyance, it would be appreciated

Thanks

 

i have that sometimes and it usually fixes itself if not you could always extract the files from the setup and try and rub them that way

 

day later, still not working, any other suggestions?

 

something that usually also fixes this for me is when i open task manager and then end explorer.exe then go to new task and type in explorer and it will reopen it which resets alot of stuff try that

 

just tried it, it appears it didn't work

 

well sorry mate but i don't know to much about how an exe works in the sense of not running i mena you could try right cliking and checking that it is set for the correct compatibilty are you running xp???