Computer Hope
Software => Computer games => Topic started by: !~*:.Pink Floyd.:*~! on May 26, 2008, 06:37:09 PM
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Ok so I have a Old Gateway with Windows ME I cant find any other specs but when I put in a game weve had for atleast 4 years and it has never had problems and we play it alot. Windows media players pops up and sometimes it will BSOD It occured a few months ago all we did was reinstall the game so when we uninstall it this time and put the disk back in It justs opens windows media player weve tried other games and It doesnt happen with them.
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help?
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Ok Wefr0 (do you mind if I call you Wefr0?), i'll give it a try.
When you say it opens Windows Media Player, do you mean it opens it automatically right when you put the disk in?
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Is the disc at all damaged? (scratched, cracked, dirty, etc.)
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nope it aint damged Its just when we put the game in it goes to windows media player.
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Try this:
Go to My Computer, right click the cd drive (without CD inside) and go to properties.
(http://www.fileupyours.com/files/185178/cdd.PNG)
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Ok remember were Using Windows ME and now when we open the cd drive how much space we used came up
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help?
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Really have no idea.
What does it do when media player opens? Is it trying to play anything?
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It plays the music to the game.
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Oh, that was a rather important thing to mention.
Windows for some reason is seeing it as an audio CD instead of a game.
Unfortunately, I don't know remember Windows ME and how to change this. However, if close media player, open My Computer, right click the CD drive and select "open", you should be able to get to the setup file to initiate setup manually.
This file could be under a number of different names: launcher.exe, setup.exe, etc.
If you have trouble finding it, post back with what the contents of the CD are and we'll see if we can't figure out. That should get you going at least until someone comes along who knows how to stop Windows ME from doing that.
This probably doesn't happen with your other games because they don't have audio tracks on the CD, so Windows is seeing them like it should.
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Yeah Ill keep looking im having trouble finding it