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When I opened GW2 for the first time since the patch, it did not load the patch. I closed it, and tried opening it again, but it said:

D:\game\Guild Wars 2\Gw2.exe is not a valid application Win32 application

I have played this game since last year on Windows XP, but now it says that the game is not compatible? Please help clarify. Thanks

Posted by: BillFreist

Gameplay Programmer

It sounds like your Gw2.exe somehow got corrupted while patching. Connectivity loss or a system restart during the patching process could do this.

To resolve this, I would grab a new Gw2.exe from https://account.guildwars2.com/account/download (It’ll download as Gw2Setup.exe)

You can then rename it from “Gw2Setup.exe” to “Gw2.exe” and replace your old one from “D:\game\Guild Wars 2\”

Hope this helps!
-Bill