<t> Dear von Scmidt,<br/>
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The problem I had with both v1.32 & v1.34 was with Win XP's 'Data Execution Protection'. I simply 'turned it off' for trench.exe and now the game loads and runs fine. I posted my problem here and on helpdesk before I realised what was happening. Incidentally, this ...

<t> Yes I posted the problem through the helpdesk and on this forum. The helpdesk gave me an answer for Windows 7 when I was on XP at the time. It was a magazine article which pointed out the possible DEP problem.<br/>
However, I am now on Windows 7, so the helpdesk advice came in handy after all ...

<r> Having spent almost 3 days playing a solitaire campaign as CP player from 1914 upwards, I was frustrated when I was confronted with an access violation and could not progress further. Just after France surrendered and following the Nov-Dec 1916 strategic phase, I advanced the game, all the usual ...

I quite agree, however in order to play the game (having spent good money on it) I considered it a calculated risk. I had to puzzle the answer out for myself as the solution I got from Matrix Games was for Windows 7 and not XP!

Problem solved. Error created by XP's Data Execution Protection. Just turned it off for GoA and 'Hey Presto' I can now use update 1.34.

<t> I recently purchased and registered the CD of this game and successfully loaded it. I then updated to v1.34 but could not launch the game. The 'trench.exe' caused an error and would not load. I then uninstalled and reinstalled the original (v1.0) and updated successfully each and every patch up ...