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Originally Posted by jeffreywilens
Andy,
Yes I did install to Program Files on Windows 7 x64 bit version. Apart from the need to use "compatibility files" there does not seem to be any problem. In your advisory, you should mention that if they already installed to Program Files, then "missing files" can be found by clicking on "compatability files."
I do have the CD version (glad to pay for it) and do use the encylopedia to get the raw stats for my "cheat sheet." But it's not really a "spreadsheet" since it only displays data for one unit at a time as far as I know.
To see what weapons will punch what armor I just look at my "cheat sheet" I create by writing down the relevant data from the encylopedia. I suppose I will do this in more detail for lots of units but it makes sense to wait for the new patch before spending time to do this, and then I can post my work product on the forum.
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The "compatibility files" setting links the files that Windows squirreled away in your /user/ hierarchy and shows them as if they were really in the game folder (where they should be).
However - end uses may not know that in order to send PBEM files that they need to look in the \user\ hierarchy. Additionally - the game can get confused by this, as can the patch upgrade installers - sometimes the files get written to the /user/ hierarchy and therefore do not correctly overwrite the game files. Or (as with my Borland C++ Builder development environment) - it simply
refuses to allow the programme to update(write to) its own temporary data files, since they are in what W7 considers is a "system" area. This may well be happening to the game as well.
All in all - for any programmes developed before Vista, then it is best to install them to a folder outside the managed folders.
C:\AAA\Games is therefore a good place for such.
NB - I discovered the other day that W7 considers the
C:\ root directory a "system managed" folder too. I had copied a text file off a memory stick onto there, and from then on whenever I tried to
move it or
update it, I got annoying dialogue boxes asking permission to move or alter this administrator system file. Playing with Windows 7's arcane file permissions would not remove the annoying UAC message even when I gave all permissions to all users for that file. It seems that if you copy files from a stick - avoid C:\ or the \program files\ hierarchies as destinations. (Deleting the annoying copy, and copying again from the stick to the \users\public folder that Windows exposes to the network, resulted in a text file that no longer kept interrupting me with requests for admin permissions).
Andy