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August 19, 2013, 04:01 PM
#1
Laetus
Medieval Total War 2 will not start after a windows 8 update
Hello everyone,
My apologies if this problem has already been addressed on this forum, but I have searched all over and have not been able to resolve this issue on my own.
I recently installed my old copy of Medieval Total War 2: Gold Edition from a CD-ROM onto a new laptop that runs Windows 8. I installed the game no problem and proceeded to play about 80ish turns over the last couple of days. I had to restart my computer on Saturday to install mandatory updates, but after the updates were installed I was unable to load Total War.
My computer gives me this prompt: This application is not compatible with the installed operating system. Please upgrade to Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 or better.
This prompt is titled as "Kingdoms," which is odd because I have only been playing MTW2 and not any of the expansion yet.
I have tried running the program in compatibility mode to no avail, and I don't know if I should install the patches or not.
If anyone could give me help it would be greatly appreciated.
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August 19, 2013, 05:25 PM
#2
Re: Medieval Total War 2 will not start after a windows 8 update
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August 19, 2013, 10:00 PM
#3
Laetus
Re: Medieval Total War 2 will not start after a windows 8 update
Thanks for your help.
I went ahead and disabled the UAC and unfortunately I am still unable to start MTW2. Any other ideas as to what can fix this?
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August 20, 2013, 04:43 AM
#4
Re: Medieval Total War 2 will not start after a windows 8 update
The only list that I know works so far for Win 8 is (1)disable the UAB, (2)take ownership of C: drive, and (3)install the game, even Steam, outside Program Files (x86).
Running the game as "Run as Administrator" and "XP Compatible" helps.
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August 20, 2013, 07:41 AM
#5
Laetus
Re: Medieval Total War 2 will not start after a windows 8 update
I was about to try this list, but I decided to check my graphics for updates before I did so. Turns out there was an update for my Intel HD graphics and when I updated and restarted my computer, MTW2 started no problems. I apologize for taking up your time without checking for updates, as it should of been one of the first things I checked.
Thank you for your help.
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August 20, 2013, 07:53 AM
#6
Re: Medieval Total War 2 will not start after a windows 8 update
No problem. Enjoy playing.
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