A fairly common problem in Windows computers is you click on and EXE program file, and nothing happens. This can be a frustrating Windows error to say the least but fortunately, most of the time, it's not too complicated a situation to resolve.

Double-clicking a software program and nothing happening can happen on all versions of Windows including ...

  • Windows XP.
  • Windows Vista.
  • Windows 7.
  • Windows 8 and 8.1.
  • Windows 10.

The first solution to this problem is the simplest:

  1. Left click the software program that refuses to open or run when you double-click it. This will select the program.
  2. Right-click the program and a pop-up context menu will appear.
  3. Click Run as Administrator from the context menu.

About 80% of the time this simple solution will solve the problem and your software program will appear and run properly as it should. If this solution doesn't work .. ...