Re: Old game won't install...WHY?!?!

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Hi Jimmy S.

Still no luck. It still wants to access WINDOWS.0 for some reason. I even
tried creating a new folder on my desktop named Hasbro Interactive and
changed the installation target to that. It almost worked. After clicking on
the program file and specifying what drive the cd was in the screen went
black, like it was about to actually work, then in cut out and I got an error
message reading "GSK Error Trapper", the whole message was a bunch of zeros
after that. Would there be any way to make WINDOWS.0 accessible to the
installer? Any insights would be appreciated.

sincerely,
Jeremy N.

"Jimmy S." wrote:

Hi Jeremy N.,

I don't know why the installer is trying to access C:\Windows.0
You might want to create a new folder on your C: drive named
Windows.0 and see if you can install the game afterwards.

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Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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Jeremy N. Wrote:
=================
| Hi Jimmy S.
| (fyi I changed my profile to Jeremy N.)
|
| I've downloaded a patch for Roller Coaster Tycoon onto my desktop, which
| can't work until I actually install the program, and I have tried several
| times to do as you suggested. I still get the same error message: "Could not
| install uninstaller program into windows directory C:\WINDOWS.0". I have
| absolutely no idea why the installation shouldn't work. I've tried several
| variations of the compatability mode and still no success. Any more
| suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
|
| sincerely,
| Jeremy N.
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
|| Hi RedRavenDragoon,
||
|| Try installing and playing that using 95/98 Compatibility mode.
||
|| To install a program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode, hold
|| down SHIFT as you insert the game CD, use My Computer to browse
|| to the setup program, and then skip down to step 1 in the list below:
||
|| To run an installed program using Windows XP's Compatibility Mode,
|| first right click the program and "Send To..." / Desktop (create shortcut).
||
|| 1.. Right click on the shortcut to the program.
|| 2.. Click on Properties.
|| 3.. Click on the Compatibility tab.
|| 4.. Click on Run this program in compatibility mode and select one of these:
|| a.. Windows 95
|| b.. Windows 98
|| c.. Windows NT 4
|| d.. Windows 2000
|| 5.. Under Display settings, check mark the mode that you think that is best:
|| a.. Run in 256 colors.
|| b.. Run in 640 X 480 screen resolution.
|| c.. Disable visual themes.
||
|| Click on Apply.Click on Ok.Double click on the program.
||
|| Of course, let's not forget to check for any patches or updates for that game.
|| A good place to find them is: www.avault.com/pcrl/patches_list.asp?letter=a
||
|| If you'd like to learn more information about compatibility mode, you can click the
|| link in the Compatibility tab that reads "Learn more about program compatibility",
|| or watch this Application Compatibility Power Point Presentation:
|| http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/webcasts/wc112202/WC112202.ppt
||
||
|| --
|| Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
|| Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
||
|| Visit my MSN Games and Windows Gaming Help Site: www.msce.mvps.org
|| MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
|| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
|| _________________________________________________________
||
||
|| RedRavenDragoon Wrote:
|| =================
||| I've tried a million times to install the old and classic Roller Coaster
||| Tycoon but everytime around the end of installation an error message pops up,
||| reading: "Cannot install uninstaller program into Windows.0" After this the
||| installation fails and I have to start over. Sometimes a ping will sound,
||| suggesting something is happening, but it just freezes. How can I get this
||| old and pathetically small game to install?



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