The solution is to download from the
Game Copy World website the Fixed EXE for Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, go to this site and select "PC Game Index", under the letter O, click on the "Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus", and in the final action, download the Fixed EXE.
Installation: Make a full install (I don't know if the small work), and just replace the Exoddus.exe by the Fixed file. That's all....
Work perfectly with the commercial version (english/french).
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NOTE Do not select a compatible mode under XP (if so, the game doesn't work).