Cannot launch RTW on Vista

[youxtas]

I 've just bought RTW Gold Edition. The installation was flawlessly completed, but when I tried to launch the program, I got the message "Program stopped working. Windows will try to find a solution blah,blah". I reinstalled it in XP compatibility mode, but the result was the same.

I would appreciate any help.

My laptop specs:
Vista
AMD Turion 2GHz
ATI Radeon HD 2400XT
2GB DDR2

[Brusilov]

First of all welcome to the forum.

Don't install games to the default folder (c:\program files (x86)) as that folder is 'protected' by Windows. Create your own game folder and install there e.g. c:\games.

Also make sure that you turn off UAC (User Account Control) before you install.

[youxtas]

First of all, thank you for your quick response.

I followed your advice, however the problem has not been resolved. Any further ideas?

[irishron]

1. Log in as Administrator.
2. Set your icon to "Run as Administrator".
3. Set your ison to XP Copmatibility.

[youxtas]

Already tried that. No luck.

[irishron]

Check your secutrity software that it's not blocking it. That includes Windows ES, Defender or whatelse they call it.

[youxtas]

I disabled Defender, checked firewall, nothing changed.

It seems that I have tried everything, but I don't want to surrender that soon!

[irishron]

Short of starting from scratch, and doing preliminary work before trying to install the game, I am out of ideas.