EU2 simply won't start

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Hello,

I just tried to start EU2 after an intermission of a few months. If I click on the executable icon, I get a Windows hourglass for a fraction of a second, then nothing, not even any sort of error message. I see no new processes attempting to start in the task manager.

I uninstalled EU2, then reinstalled from the CD and repatched; same result. I've never seen anything like this before during my 2 years playing EU2. No other games have this problem, Victoria and HOI are still booting fine.

I did a dxdiag, everything looked fine there.

I am running Windows ME on a 1 Ghz Pentium 3, with 256 meg of memory.

Is there any error file anywhere that would give me a clue on why a program would fail to even start?

I was wondering if any of these changes I've made to my system since I last played EU2 could conceivably have an impact.

I installed a DSL connection, and added an Ethernet adaptor card. I installed SBC Yahoo DSL connection software.

I also replaced my obsolete Norton Anitvirus 2000 with "eTrust EZ AntiVirus", which was a free package with my Yahoo DSL software. I've noticed that a Disk Defrag just sits at 0% complete forever since I installed this Antivirus software, and presumed the constant disk checking is interfering with the defrag. Could a similar interference be happening with EU2?

Has anyone else reported any EU2 oddities after installing new DSL or Antivirus software?

Thanks for any thoughts,

Stilicho

 

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Well, upgrading to Patch 1.08 did the trick. (I had been way back at 1.05). There goes my save game, oh well, I'd got up to 1780, anyway.

I wonder if it was something in the patches, or simply the fact that the CD is no longer required with the later patches?

Best regards,

Stilicho

 

[Castellon]

Anti Virus will conflict with lots of programs, never touch those programs myself. I would wager heavily that that had been the problem.
Next time you run into a problem turn it off completely and see what happens.
If you are paranoid, unplug your modem first and don't put any non comerical disks/CDs in your drive. Virus do not just apear in your computer they have to come from somewhere, the biggest source is opening mail attachments with exe ...