Playing Windows XP Installed Games On Vista

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njwilderman

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Ok i have a computer that runs on both windows xp and windows vista home premium.i can select which one i want to use when it boots up. I installed some games on XP a while back but now i primarily use vista.Whenever i start a game on vista that was installed on xp, the game gets some sort of error.When i start the xp installed game on windows xp it works just fiine. I primarily use vista and i want to be able to play the games i installed on windows xp on vista. Please much help would be nice.:eek:
 

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what is the error you receive?

when you boot into vista, you running the game from the xp partition? if so, that might be your problem. i'm guessing that you would need to install the game directly into your vista partition for it to work right.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Garage PC
    CPU
    Intel Pentium E3300 @ 2.5GHz
    Motherboard
    BioStar G41-M7
    Memory
    A-Data PC2-6400 (2 X 2GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Diamond Radeon HD 4650
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Mx705 (CRT)
    Screen Resolution
    1152x864
    Hard Drives
    320 GB Hitachi - System Drive /
    100 GB Maxtor - Diagnostic Application /
    PSU
    LOGISYS PS480E12 480W
    Case
    Generic Barebones Case
    Cooling
    Stock Intel HSF
    Keyboard
    Generic PS/2
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    10 d / 1 u
no im not playing it with a partition or whatever. i get all sorts of errors.one is when i run call of duty modern warfare it says its not run form the correct folder and when i run it on xp it works fine
 

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you cant run a game that was installed on your xp partition , you will have to install the complete game on your vista partition too
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
njwilderman said:
Ok i have a computer that runs on both windows xp and windows vista home premium.i can select which one i want to use when it boots up. I installed some games on XP a while back but now i primarily use vista.Whenever i start a game on vista that was installed on xp, the game gets some sort of error.When i start the xp installed game on windows xp it works just fiine. I primarily use vista and i want to be able to play the games i installed on windows xp on vista. Please much help would be nice.:eek:
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njwilderman said:
no im not playing it with a partition or whatever. i get all sorts of errors.one is when i run call of duty modern warfare it says its not run form the correct folder and when i run it on xp it works fine
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correct me if i'm wrong, but your computer boots to either xp or vista, right? yes. then you have a separate partition for each operating system. if you start your computer and boot into vista, the game(s) you try to play are installed on the xp partition. you (more than likely) will have to uninstall the game from your xp partition and reinstall it to your vista partition. if you don't uninstall it first, you'll run the risk of having the game not run in the vista partition because of the game already having been activated from within the xp partition. before you uninstall, just stick a flash drive in your computer and make sure you back up all of your game saves so when you reinstall, you won't have to start from scratch.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Garage PC
    CPU
    Intel Pentium E3300 @ 2.5GHz
    Motherboard
    BioStar G41-M7
    Memory
    A-Data PC2-6400 (2 X 2GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Diamond Radeon HD 4650
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP Mx705 (CRT)
    Screen Resolution
    1152x864
    Hard Drives
    320 GB Hitachi - System Drive /
    100 GB Maxtor - Diagnostic Application /
    PSU
    LOGISYS PS480E12 480W
    Case
    Generic Barebones Case
    Cooling
    Stock Intel HSF
    Keyboard
    Generic PS/2
    Mouse
    Logitech
    Internet Speed
    10 d / 1 u
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