AOE 2 Problem

[Bogie]

I've recently gotten back into playing aoe 2 conquerors and everything was running fine. I recently updated my firewall and windows vista and now every time i try and run the game, windows says "Age of Empires 2 has stopped working" before it fully loads. I've tried uninstalling, reinstalling, running without my firewall, etc. Nothing seems to work. Any advice?

 

[MrNeeds]

Hi bogie, have you tried re-installing direct x 9c? Sometimes windows updates overwrite directx files if they are out of date, must have reverted back to dx11
Download details: DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer

 

[Bogie]

I tried that but still nothing, thanks though.

 

[MrNeeds]

When you get the error, does it give you the option to send an error report to Microsoft? Sometimes they have a fix for you when you send a report and it maybe something simple, give it a go and see what happens, you maybe surprised :-)

MrNeeds

 

[Bogie]

Na, no option to send an error report. Just checks for a solution. However it does say it will notify me when a solution is available.

 

[MrNeeds]

i was reading this page a few months ago, it maybe of some interest to you, Error message or the game stops responding on the "Loading" screen when you start a Microsoft game: "Please insert the correct CD-ROM" i know its for windows me - xp but some bits apply to yourself, give a few a try and see if it fixes the issue, i suspect its something to do with the registry.

MrNeeds

 

[Madandfrustrate]

Have you tried running the game as administrator, or, if even that does not work, a different compatibility setting? AOE 2 is a fairly old game, and is not completely compatible with Vista. I personally had the game before too, and ran into the same issue with the game crashing, as well as texture errors.


To set the game to run as administrator: Right click on the shortcut > Select properties > Click on the compatibility tab > Select run as administrator and click OK.

Alternatively, you can also set the compatibility mode in the same manner. Just click on "Run this program in compatibility mode for:" and select an older OS, such as Windows XP.