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Moyful 08-28-2003 12:44 PM
i hav a prob with AE
 
ive got WinXpHomeEdition and i cant run AE anymore what shall i do to fix?

$andy Mudukon 08-29-2003 07:16 AM
if you said you got it new ask for the old comp and stick it in your room :fuzgrin:

Xavier 08-29-2003 11:38 AM
wrong place...
*moves*

Adder 08-29-2003 11:52 AM
Strange...
I've got AE, and when I got my new XP Home comp. it worked fine!

Try re-installing after you scan your hard-drive. I can't see why it wouldn't work the first time, though.

Forbidden Paradise 08-29-2003 10:33 PM
All of the Windows XP range unfortunately has issues when installing old games. Although my AE/AO installation worked perfectly, if worse comes to worse and you really want to play it on your new computer, you can have your system perform "dual boot" meaning it has an option of running 2 operating systems and gives you a choice at startup. Just partition your hard drive and stick your Win98 SE cd (or other) in and install to the empty partition.

On the Microsoft website there are updates for this sort of problem but not all games will be addressed.

Moyful 08-30-2003 09:19 AM
well i tried to install again n it says that "Sorry not supported on Windows NT" is there a way to fix this?:fuzblink:

Forbidden Paradise 08-30-2003 12:41 PM
Is that before installation, or after installation when you try to run the program? That message does not sound familiar to me unfortunately :fuzsad:

You said in your first message you can't run AE anymore - does that mean it used to run on this new computer of yours? It works fine on my WinXP HE.

Moyful 08-30-2003 12:50 PM
well this messages appears wen i try to run the game and i use to play it on my old computer with Win98

Forbidden Paradise 08-30-2003 01:04 PM
So after it's installed. Are you sure it's not that annoying error dialogue that asks you to send a message report to microsoft? Hmmm what version of WinXP HE you running?

Alcar 08-30-2003 01:16 PM
Please refer to this thread, it will no doubt be the solution :fuzsmile:

http://www.oddworldforums.net/forums...&threadid=4958

Alcar...

Moyful 08-30-2003 02:22 PM
well Alcar u r close but the topic was not finished i have the same prob as "The Master" an error message appears now givin the option to send a report or not and its WinXP Home Edition 5.1 Build 2600.

Theory:
to peeps who hav XP homeEd and AE works go to your AE directory and right click the .exe and look at the version mine is 2.0.0.0 what is yours? if yours is diff i might hav a crap version of AE

Forbidden Paradise 08-31-2003 12:48 AM
Hey I checked my version but sorry man... 2.0.0.0. I've also got WinXP HE build 5.1 Build 2600. Have you tried e-mailing technical support at Oddworld?

Don't take this the wrong way either but are you using a backup or "burnt" version of the game? I've been told when you play burnt games in WinXP, you get the "send error report" message 99% of the time.

RavenMM 08-31-2003 07:47 AM
i have the proper real version of AE and i sent am error report but i doubt that they will solve it

Forbidden Paradise 08-31-2003 12:28 PM
E-mail tech support at Oddworld. I'm quite sure you're not the only one out there with this problem. Other than that I hope I helped. Good luck :fuzgrin:

RavenMM 09-01-2003 02:52 PM
yes i meant that. technical support