No, you're not missing anything ericbabe--that's what I needed to do and it worked just fine. Thanks very much for your help. Unfortunately the game still doesn't run so I'm assuming my DVD is fried. I've asked for a replacement.

Thanks again!

<t> Thanks very much for the help gents. I'm guessing the DVD is bad as I could find only the XNA resist file in the installation folder so I'll take Erik's advice and request a new one through the Help Desk. <br/>
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I wasn't aware I could download the game as well as I ordered from the ...

Sorry: forgot to mention the basic problem: the game won't start beyond the PLAY screen. I just get an error message saying "Conflict of Heroes has stopped working." when I click the Play link (all resolutions fail) or the Scenario Editor. All the other links work.

<t> Hi, I just received my DVD copy today. The installation process says the .NET framework, the DirectX, and the XNA framework upgrades are all required but they all fail to install. The .NET framework fails half way though the process because "file is corrupt". The DirectX fails because "A Cabinet ...