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I want to play Dust : A tale of wired west On Windows 7 :(

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    I want to play Dust : A tale of wired west On Windows 7 :(

    Hi everybody
    I have this old 1995 Cyberflix game called "Dust: A tale of the Wired West" and it's like my favorite game of all time! On windows 7 it'll install just fine (most of the time) but it won't play!

    I tried doing all sorts of things with the Compatibility tab of the properties, but nothing works. All it does is like start up, but never load. It just freezes.

    Please, I desperately need your help in playing this game! I love this game! Please help me!

    Thanks for any help


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    Re: I want to play Dust : A tale of wired west On Windows 7 :(

    Hello Osama and welcome to the forums

    That game was built for use on Windows 95 and won't work in Windows 7.

    You can try disabling UAC and seeing if that has any effect:

    User Account Control (UAC)

    If not, unless you want to set up a Windows 95 virtual machine, it can't be done Sorry!

    Tom

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    Re: I want to play Dust : A tale of wired west On Windows 7 :(

    Actually, youre sorta right. Try usig dosbox
    DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS

    Its been designed to do this sorta thing.

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    Re: I want to play Dust : A tale of wired west On Windows 7 :(

    Quote Originally Posted by Patonb View Post
    Actually, youre sorta right. Try usig dosbox
    DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS

    Its been designed to do this sorta thing.
    Thanks for correcting me +rep

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    Re: I want to play Dust : A tale of wired west On Windows 7 :(

    Quote Originally Posted by tom982 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Patonb View Post
    Actually, youre sorta right. Try usig dosbox
    DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS

    Its been designed to do this sorta thing.
    Thanks for correcting me +rep
    Its you just dont need the vm machine.. but its basically the same thing.

    Heres a tut to try getting it going: http://forums.techarena.in/guides-tutorials/1120720.htm

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    Re: I want to play Dust : A tale of wired west On Windows 7 :(

    Quote Originally Posted by Patonb View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by tom982 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Patonb View Post
    Actually, youre sorta right. Try usig dosbox
    DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS

    Its been designed to do this sorta thing.
    Thanks for correcting me +rep
    Its you just dont need the vm machine.. but its basically the same thing.

    Heres a tut to try getting it going: DOSBox Guide For Newbies - Guides & Tutorials
    Thanks, I've bookmarked the link in case I need it in the future

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