{"id":4542,"date":"2023-01-09T11:40:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4542"},"modified":"2023-01-09T11:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:40:11","slug":"how-to-fix-program-intunewinapputil-exe-failed-to-run-the-specified-executable-is-not-a-valid-application-for-this-os","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/SUMMALAI.COM\/?p=4542","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix “Program \u2018IntuneWinAppUtil.exe\u2019 failed to run: The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When downloading the \u201cSave Link As\u201d option in Edge, it scans the file and prompts to confirm if you want to keep the high-risk file. However, this appears to corrupt the file and increases its size to 143 Kb. You won’t be able to run this exe with CMD or Powershell prompt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When downloading the .exe directly, not the \u201csave link as\u201d option, it downloads as 52Kb and works fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool\/IntuneWinAppUtil.exe at master \u00b7 microsoft\/Microsoft-Win32-Content-Prep-Tool \u00b7 GitHub<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively, you can download version 1.84. from here. Change the file type for txt to exe, and you will be ready to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IntuneWinAppUtil<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

So if anyone encounters this issue, re-download the file from GitHub, but do not use the \u201csave Link as\u201d from the top level. Click the link into to IntuneWinAppUtil.exe, and from that page click the \u201cDownload\u201d button embedded in the second pane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope this helps anyone else who encounters this issue with Edge and GitHub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When downloading the \u201cSave Link As\u201d option in Edge, it scans the file and prompts to confirm if you want to keep the high-risk file. However, this appears to corrupt the file and increases its size to 143 Kb. You won’t be able to run this exe with CMD or Powershell prompt. When downloading the Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1185,10],"tags":[1452,1450,1451],"class_list":["post-4542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autopilot-intune","category-microsoft","tag-intunewinapputil-64bit","tag-intunewinapputil-cannot-run","tag-intunewinapputil-wont-run"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t