Re: Civilization 4: "Sid meier's civilization 4 has stopped working"

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I had the same problem but discovered that the Civ 4 installation overwrites Direct X 9.0c used by Vista. The DirectX 9.0c files with the game are old and actually cause the problem. I downloaded the distributable version of DirectX 9.0c from here:-

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9226a611-62fe-4f61-aba1-914185249413&displaylang=en

Once installed my Civ 4 worked flawlessly.

Good luck.


"topps9898" <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ff1da54cc67098eddc6cfe2eaa240fe8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi all,
I am running Windows Vista and cannot get Civilization to load. I have
spent 4 hours installing and uninstalling with tech support (Downloaded
all recent updates) and still cant get it to work. Has anyone else had
this issue happen to them?
HELP!!!! thanks.

(This is the error message I recieve when trying to load the game)

Civilization 4: *"Sid meier's civilization 4 has stopped working"*
*"A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will
close the program and notify you if a solution is available"*

Vista doesnt give me an option to investigate the problem further.

Any help wpould be much appreciated.

Thanks.


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topps9898

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