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Originally posted by el Flamingo
Win2K Pro, patch 1.02 Blink player does not end using escape.
Even if this is a bug and gets fixed I would suggest just not running the video: rename or delete the "avi" folder in the HoI folder. Bink video intro is notorious source of crashes in EU/EU2.
 
Since this is not a bug lets move you over to the friendly people in the support forum. :)
*Moved to support.