Question on old programs

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As usual I have a bunch of older programs, which still have some serious
gaming action on them. However, the XP will not install them on my
machine. I am getting an Autorun error which says" error installing
process: install\setup.exe (null). For me this is tad amount to
jibberish and I have searched the help catagories to no avail. What if
anything can cure my issue? Surely I have not lost my games to "digital
heaven".lol...........Since I have a boat load of them.
All was fine until SP2 came along and that pretty well fixed installing
older games or did it? If anyone has a cure for this I as a gamer would
be most thankfull.

thanks in advance
 
Hii, Right click the installer go to properties select compatability and
select an os 95 to xp to run in compatability mode for that os. ok and
install.
 
Getting Older Games to Run on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/games/expert/durham_og.mspx

Run Older Programs on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/appcompat.mspx

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292533

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301911

Getting older programs to run on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...ddocs/en-us/compatibility_tab_and_wizard.mspx

Make old software work on a new Windows XP machine
By Kim Komando
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusin...oftware_work_on_a_new_windows_xp_machine.mspx

Using the Compatibility Tab
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/lgcyapps.mspx#EHAA
from...
How to Run Legacy Applications Using Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/lgcyapps.mspx

Troubleshooting MS-DOS-based programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314106

How to Troubleshoot 16-Bit Windows Programs in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314495

Not everything in the following article will apply. The article was written
for Windows 2000. However most of it does.
Troubleshooting NTVDM and WOW Startup Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;196453

Lots of good 16-bit info here...
Appendix D - Running Nonnative Applications in Windows 2000 Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/Windows2000Pro/reskit/part8/proch36.mspx


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Thanks for the suggestion but the os tells me it can't find it when I
change it to another compatibility. Infact it does it regardless what I
do. Whats with that? keep the suggestions coming. thanks--
rea56[/QUOTE]
 
Wesley said:
Getting Older Games to Run on Windows XP
http://tinyurl.com/5aofh

Run Older Programs on Windows XP
http://tinyurl.com/2857h

HOW TO: Use Windows Program Compatibility Mode in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292533

How to use the Program Compatibility Wizard in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301911

Getting older programs to run on Windows XP
http://tinyurl.com/6r4qa

Make old software work on a new Windows XP machine
By Kim Komando
http://tinyurl.com/9lgsf

Using the Compatibility Tab
http://tinyurl.com/5wydb
from...
How to Run Legacy Applications Using Windows XP
http://tinyurl.com/5wydb

Troubleshooting MS-DOS-based programs in Windows XP
http://tinyurl.com/3tuo6

How to Troubleshoot 16-Bit Windows Programs in Windows XP
http://tinyurl.com/7qe3

Not everything in the following article will apply. The article was
written
for Windows 2000. However most of it does.
Troubleshooting NTVDM and WOW Startup Errors
http://tinyurl.com/e6qaq

Lots of good 16-bit info here...
Appendix D - Running Nonnative Applications in Windows 2000
Professional
http://tinyurl.com/l97cy


--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In rea56 (e-mail address removed) hunted and pecked:
As usual I have a bunch of older programs, which still have some
serious
gaming action on them. However, the XP will not install them on my
machine. I am getting an Autorun error which says" error installing
process: install\setup.exe (null). For me this is tad amount to
jibberish and I have searched the help catagories to no avail. What
if
anything can cure my issue? Surely I have not lost my games to
"digital
heaven".lol...........Since I have a boat load of them.
All was fine until SP2 came along and that pretty well fixed
installing
older games or did it? If anyone has a cure for this I as a gamer
would
be most thankfull.

thanks in advance
Click to expand...
I may have understated the problem, we really are dealing with getting
the cd-rom to load the game on the system. Thats where the hangup is,
right now. changing its compatibility just brings on another issue of
it not being able to find the installer. Keep the suggestions coming.
thanks
 
Open the CD in Widows Explorer and navigate to the file that you need to
start, like autorun or whatever.

Start | Run | Type d: | Click OK

Or type whatever the drive letter is, e:

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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'rea56' wrote:
| I may have understated the problem, we really are dealing with getting
| the cd-rom to load the game on the system. Thats where the hangup is,
| right now. changing its compatibility just brings on another issue of
| it not being able to find the installer. Keep the suggestions coming.
| thanks
_____

Have you actually tried the sites Wesley Vogel posted?
Is this a collection of gaming programs that once were on floppies? It may
be that you should copy the files from one program to a new folder on your
hard drive, and then click on the executable (AFTER having carefully scanned
the CD for malware, and only if you have an up-to-date antivirus program
with up-to-date definitions running.)

Phil Weldon

| I may have understated the problem, we really are dealing with getting
| the cd-rom to load the game on the system. Thats where the hangup is,
| right now. changing its compatibility just brings on another issue of
| it not being able to find the installer. Keep the suggestions coming.
| thanks
|
|
| --
| rea56
 
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