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gtitim
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25th Apr 06 at 15:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i bought some retro games from ebay, including command and conquer which the box says will run on windows 95 or 98. ive tried to run it on xp but it says it cannot run as windows 5.1 is running.

is there any way i can get round this and play the game or should i cut my losses and resell it???

thanks in advance

tim
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25th Apr 06 at 15:36   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
right click the program file, click properties, goto the compatibility tab and tick Run this program in compatibility mode for: then select windows 95
gtitim
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25th Apr 06 at 16:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
started working mate but now says - general file transfer error. please check your target location and try again

not sure how to - sorry - computer illiterate.
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what game is it your trying to run?
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25th Apr 06 at 17:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm gonna have a guess at command and conquer
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quote:
Originally posted by Aj.
I'm gonna have a guess at command and conquer


c&c and also redalert do run on xp with compatibility mode selected, its mainly just the setup programs which can be touchy

altho the DOS version will never work... full stop
gtitim
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yeah paul its redalert im tryin to run. changed propereties to run 95 but i cant get the setup programme to run properly.

starts to install then says general file transfer error. please check your target location and try again

im useless and not sure what this means or how to fix it. any help appreciated
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25th Apr 06 at 18:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i'd do a check of the cd itself, have you tried installing from the alternate cd also?

there are a few fixes to aid the 'post' install issue too...

http://www.dice.nl/Trouble/trouble_C&CRA.htm

 
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