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How to get Wing Commander IV work on w2k?

#1 User is offline   msim 

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Posted 17 June 2004 - 03:32 PM

Any ideas how to get wing commander IV work on w2k? When i try to run it, I get "VirtualProtect() failed." message. I have the W95 patch. frown
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Posted 17 June 2004 - 04:11 PM

Have you tried this patch: ftp://ftp.wcnews.com/files/wing4/wc4dvdwin2kfix.zip
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Posted 17 June 2004 - 06:54 PM

Doesn't work. I have CD-version.
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Posted 17 June 2004 - 07:08 PM

Ok. See if this works; it is specific for the CD version: http://home.amis.net/lkslavi/WC4Fix.zip
The problem is apparently in the way 2K reads variables differently from XP.
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Posted 17 June 2004 - 07:12 PM

Thanks. It works now. smile
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