MTW 2 on Windows 10

[Jig]

Any help would be appreciated. Can a copy of MTW2 I have installed on my old machine with Win 7 be copied to new machine with Win 10 ? Does MTW2 need to be installed off of the CD , make registry entries, etc ?
I know the copy game worked for IL2 1946 , and I'm in the process of building up new system

[Matthewcthf]

I had to research this as my M2TW would not work on my newer laptop and found out a update needed to be removed before I could play the game. I have the CD. The game works fine now and I have the 1.2 patch and Lusted's AI mod. If you use steam to get M2TW I think it will still work but I only have the CD.

[Matthewcthf]

Any help would be appreciated. Can a copy of MTW2 I have installed on my old machine with Win 7 be copied to new machine with Win 10 ? Does MTW2 need to be installed off of the CD , make registry entries, etc ?
I know the copy game worked for IL2 1946 , and I'm in the process of building up new system

Check this thread: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...otal-War-games

Frunk knows of the problem and shows how to fix it.

[dannyalex]

i have windows 10 and the kingdoms expansion works fine,the main game not,so that i download the gigantus medieval 2

[Frunk]

I don't believe there is any issue with copying your Medieval 2 installation over from W7 to W10. Either should be fine, but you will likely run into the SafeDisc issue as Matthewcthf already kindly pointed out.

Are you upgrading to W10 and electing to keep your files, or are you copying your installation from your W7 to a different computer with W10, or a fresh installation of W10 (on the same computer)? If you follow one of the methods outlined and still run into issues, a fresh installation might solve the problem. In fact, if it were me, I'd prefer a fresh installation over copying the existing installation. You can copy over saves and mods easily to a fresh install.

[Frunk]

Thread moved from Medieval II: Total War General Discussion.

[Gigantus]

Simply copying the game folder should work in most cases, it however then lacks the registry entries and will only work fro disc installations. Any mods that install using registry keys (like all of mine) will need to have the installation path set manually. The disk version isn't going to be updated anytime soon so otherwise there shouldn't be any problem.

HOWEVER - do yourself a favor and install\copy outside the program files directory, it will save you a lot of problems related to the virtual store. I am using C:\Games\M2TW