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game wont install

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:46 pm
by billios65
Hi comrades,

recently purchased PANZER COMMAND KHARKOV in CD form however i cant get it to install.
my pc has VISTA 32 and meets all optimum specs for this game,i already have WINTER STORM which installed ok and plays just fine. i tried the usuall "install as xp" , as administrator and have dis-abled anti virus.when i put disk in it hums for about 5-10 mins then i get a message on screen saying "WINDOWS HAS ENCOUNTED A PROBLEM AND WILL CLOSE THIS PROGRAM" ! any suggestions ?

thanks, Bill

RE: game wont install

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:52 pm
by junk2drive
From memory the CD contains an exe file. Copy the exe to you desktop. Right click the exe, click properties, and see if it says unblock. If so, unblock it, close, then double click the exe and see if it runs the installer.

RE: game wont install

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 5:53 pm
by Erik Rutins
Hi Bill,

Have you disabled your anti-virus/security software before installing? It could be one of those is trying to scan through the installer and creating a long delay.

Regards,

- Erik

RE: game wont install

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:42 pm
by billios65
hi Erik,

yes i dis-abled anti-virus on installation attempts.no joy !

Bill

RE: game wont install

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:48 pm
by billios65
hi dude,

followed your instructions but never found "UNBLOCK" option."SETUP APPLICATION HAS STOPPED WORKING" just keeps popping up . AAAAAAAARGH!

thanks anyway Bill

RE: game wont install

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:45 pm
by rickier65
ORIGINAL: baggins65

hi dude,

followed your instructions but never found "UNBLOCK" option."SETUP APPLICATION HAS STOPPED WORKING" just keeps popping up . AAAAAAAARGH!

thanks anyway Bill

Are you able to copy the files from the CD to your hard drive? If you can't then the problem is with the CD I think,. not install, just copy.

I don't have Vista, so I'm not at all familiar with it's messages.

Rick

RE: game wont install

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:51 pm
by Erik Rutins
Bill,

Do you have any other games from us on CD that you can try? The only thing the CD does when you insert it is use the autorun file to run the setup installer, which is an executable file. There's no reason for that to fail to start unless something on your system is preventing it. Do you have a friend with a system you could test it on to make sure it's not a problem with the CD itself?

Regards,

- Erik

RE: game wont install

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:27 pm
by billios65
Hi Rick,

i was able to copy the exe file to documents but nothing more.

thanks,

Bill

RE: game wont install

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:31 pm
by billios65
Hi Erik,

i will walk over to my sons house and ask him to try and install it on one of his systems.will let you know how i got on.

thanks, Bill

RE: game wont install

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:51 pm
by billios65
Hi Erik,

my son tried to install the CD on his various systems with no joy , seems like a dud CD !
company are sending me a new one so hope i have better luck with that.

RE: game wont install

Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 6:09 pm
by Erik Rutins
Thanks for confirming that, Bill. We just became aware of a larger issue with some corrupt CDs being sent out by DR over the last couple of weeks as well, should have an announcement on that later today. However, the upshot is that you should indeed be able to get a free replacement on our dime. If you already worked that out with our support, great. If not, please do so through our Help Desk.

RE: game wont install

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 12:56 pm
by billios65
Hi Erik,

got my replacement CD in the mail, installed ok and runs fine however the "RANDOM BATTLE GENERATOR" dose not work ! when i click on it on the game menu it appears incomplete and an error message says " an error has occured on the script on this page". i have uninstalled the game then re-installed it but the same thing happens. any suggestions ?

thanks, Bill

RE: game wont install

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:14 pm
by rickier65
ORIGINAL: baggins65

Hi Erik,

got my replacement CD in the mail, installed ok and runs fine however the "RANDOM BATTLE GENERATOR" dose not work ! when i click on it on the game menu it appears incomplete and an error message says " an error has occured on the script on this page". i have uninstalled the game then re-installed it but the same thing happens. any suggestions ?

thanks, Bill

Baggins,

see this post: fb.asp?m=2220232

hopefully that will resolve your problem.

Rick