What is the game's installation path?
Have you patched your M2TW to version 1.5 (also known as 1.05)?
What does your error log say? It's in [Your M2TW folder]\logs
Tell us if you are using steam or retail version and about os
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I have the same problem. I use the Medieval 2 version 1.5 and when i try to play using the admin appears a message saying "the EB is nor installed in the same place of M2TW"
Okay, but could you answer the questions asked in posts #2, #3, #4?
We can't really help if you don't provide any details.
And to end here is the message who appears when I began the game like admin:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
Ok, but we still don't know what's the installation path. Have you installed the game to Program Files by any chance?
Program files (x86) yes
Then you have to reinstall the game, and this time install it outside of Program Files. Alternatively, you can try to cut&paste whole Medieval II Total War directory straight into C:\ or some other partition and try to launch it from there.
did not work =(