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November 24, 2013, 12:19:41 AM

Offline Augustus Lucius Flavius

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Empire at War refuses to start on Windows 8
« on: November 24, 2013, 12:19:41 AM »
I have been playing Empire at War on this computer for about a year and a half now and it has just decided to say that Empire at War is incompatible. How do I fix this? I have the RAM patch and all the rest but it still gives me problems.
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November 24, 2013, 05:38:32 PMReply #1

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Re: Empire at War refuses to start on Windows 8
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2013, 05:38:32 PM »
Try running EaW in compatibility mode with a previous version of Windows?

November 27, 2013, 03:05:31 PMReply #2

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Re: Empire at War refuses to start on Windows 8
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2013, 03:05:31 PM »
What Rovert said. Using the compatibility settings tool in Windows 8 is what made it work for me. Another heads up is that it may not recognize your graphics card versus your built-in one. You can fix this by just using the Nvidia control panel or ATI control center to force your graphics card to associate itself with that program.


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December 08, 2013, 11:34:03 PMReply #3

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Re: Empire at War refuses to start on Windows 8
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2013, 11:34:03 PM »
Look at my thread about the same thing
it worked
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December 20, 2013, 01:17:36 PMReply #4

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Re: Empire at War refuses to start on Windows 8
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2013, 01:17:36 PM »
Thanks everybody for the help.  It is working again so good, but bad is it decided to fix itself so I have no clue what happened.  Sorry for the late reply.  I will keep these in mind if it happens again.
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