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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Nephlite » Wed May 20, 2009 6:27 pm

I have no idea how to do that, Collector.
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Collector » Wed May 20, 2009 9:38 pm

make a folder on your harddrive and open the CD with Windows Explorer. Drag the contents of the disc to the folder that you made.
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Nephlite » Sun May 31, 2009 5:21 pm

Well, I did what you suggested Collector, to no effect.
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Collector » Sun May 31, 2009 6:32 pm

Were you able to copy all without issue?
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Nephlite » Sun May 31, 2009 8:10 pm

It says: "Some resource files haven't bee copied. Please run the installer from the disc."
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Collector » Sun May 31, 2009 9:21 pm

And you opened the CD in "My Computer", selected all and dragged and dropped all into a folder on your harddrive?
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Nephlite » Mon Jun 01, 2009 6:21 pm

Yes. As far as I can tell, I've done everything properly. Maybe I should do the same with discs 2 and 3?
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Collector » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:28 pm

Copying them was not a fix as much as a test to see if all of the files are readable. If you were not able to copy all of the files on the disc, the disc is damaged. You might try a disc restore kit, but if that doesn't help you may need to replace the discs.
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Nephlite » Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:44 pm

Ok, new problem. I got all the files properly copied and the game starts up, but then I get a new message saying "The following resource paths are invalid: ." (period). What does this mean?
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Collector » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:04 pm

Collector wrote:Copying them was not a fix as much as a test to see if all of the files are readable.
The game still needs to be installed. If you had some difficulty copying the files, that might be what is giving the installer problems. If you were able to eventually copy the files over, you might try to burn a new disc from them and install from the new CD.
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Nephlite » Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:50 pm

It already is installed. I did all this after it was installed.
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Collector » Wed Jun 03, 2009 1:05 am

Uninstall and try making a CD from the copied files, then reinstall from the new CD.
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Nephlite » Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:51 pm

I'm still getting the error message. :evil:
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by dotkel50 » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:05 pm

Maybe your CD is damaged? GK3 runs fine on my Vista 64 machine.
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Re: Windows Vista

Post by Nephlite » Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:08 pm

Problem solved. I turned off compatibility mode and now it runs fine. As to the original problem of the invalid Win32 problem, I copied the .exe from the CD and pasted it over the one that installed. Thanx, Collector, for all your help. You da man.
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