How do I install older games on Vista?

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ctolley

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I have tried to install a game from 2005 called MEDIEVAL TOTAL WAR.

I put the disk in the drive and the install option does not even appear.

My compuer makes a noise as if it is trying to do something but nothing happens. It is not the disk because I have installed it on my brothers XP os.

I am using windows vista home basic. The game requires a DirectX 9.0 compatible video card.

Could anyone help? :cry:
 

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Hi ctolley,
What happens if you put the disk in the drive, restart the computer, then go to Start > My Computer and go to the CD/DVD Drive? Maybe then you can right click on the CD/DVD drive and choose "autoplay". Or double click the drive and run setup.exe or install.exe.

Raj
 

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Well firstly..is it compatible with Vista 64..check the website. Secondly..have you tried to go into the exe properties and flag it as Windows XP compatible?
 

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Hi Ctolley,

As CoolChris suggested, you should try using XP SP2 compatibility mode on it. Try opening the DVD and manually click on the setup/install file first. If it still does install, then use the compatibility mode on the setup/install file.

See: How to Use Compatibilty Mode in Vista for how.

Shawn
 

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