Re: Mechwarrior 2 and MW2 Expansion

From: Paul Smith (Paul_at_nospam.demon.co.uk)
Date: 11/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:38:18 -0000

"--Brad" <--Brad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E59C5C6D-3A11-4D98-9095-C3FB62538E5B@microsoft.com...
>I am having a problem installing old games that were designed for windows
>95.
> The auto play menu starts up, but then when I click install, it gives me
> an
> error about how a .dll file was not designed for 16-bit subsystems and
> MS-DOS--something like that. The error prompts me to close the program
> and
> has 2 choices, "close" and "ignore". i have tryed both, and they both
> close
> the program. Through Help & Support on my computer I have fixed it so
> that
> those errors dont come up anymore, although the program still closes. I
> have
> also used the Program Compatiblilty Wizard, which doesnt seem to help at
> all.
> Can I just not run those old programs anymore?

Does it mention autoexec.nt as well? If so have a look at
http://windows.dasmirnov.net/troubleshooting/commonproblems.php#autoexec.nt

Have you used compatibility mode on the installers too? By setting it on
the install.exe or setup.exe on the CD? 

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