D3 Installation problems on Windows XP

Dierwolf · Post by **Dierwolf** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:12 pm

Hi all,

I have been playing D3 for a long while now on a 98 machine, got this grand new XP machine and when i double click setup to install nothing happens what so ever as if its rejecting the install file.

Can someone help?

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:42 pm

Welcome to the DBB!

Have you tried setting the compatibility on the setup .exe to an earlier version of Windows? If you don't know how, right-click, hit Properties, and look under the Compatibility tab. D3 should normally install fine under XP, but I have heard of your problem in the past.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:08 pm

Dierwolf, turn Autorun on or start Descent3AutoRun.exe on the CD.. Welcome to the DBB.

Top Gun, if you don't know -- don't post

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:18 pm

I was just making what I thought was a valid suggestion; it's worked for me with other programs in the past. Please, get off my back

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MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:30 pm

Descent3 is a 32-bit application so it will run fine on XP. No compatability mode is necessary.

Try cleaning the lens in the drive and then run setup from the run prompt (start -> Run).

Dierwolf · Post by **Dierwolf** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:20 pm

Ok i didnt have the windows version, now i do, it starts to install now and i get that error someone else here had, something about error while move process?

Component:
File Group:
File: C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\WZSE.tmp\data1.hdr

can anyone help?

Dierwolf · Post by **Dierwolf** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:30 pm

Ok its something with the demo setup file, i unpacked the setup file into a directory and ran it from there and it installed fine..

Hopefully the other guy reads this