Hi, I had the same problem and found a different solution. Posting it here in case it helps someone else out...

Dev Environment BIDS 2008 on Win 7 64 Bit. Source:...

Hi, I saw the same issue where agent would not start. Error in event log saying 'Not a valid win32 application'.

FIX:

There may be a file in the root drive (or...

Hi,

I just fixed a problem like that this morning myself.

go to services in control panel, and make sure that the SQLSERVERAGENT service logon account has access to the folder where...