Info 2024 Game Updates - Page 4

DRG · #1 October 19th, 2025, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by scorpio_rocks

Version 9.0b appears to be the consolidation patch from 2016.

From the shrapnel downloads page:

THANKS.............. "9b" rang a bell but not loud enough and it was not written down that way in the Game Guide

WHY this "Slovene Home Guard" issue has popped up twice in a month for us is still a mystery given it was added to the game April 2022

DRG · #2 October 22nd, 2025, 04:12 AM

Nik

Exactly which version are you patching from ?

If I understand correctly, you patched to 9b without an issue then tried to patch to V17 and saw the Slovene Home Guard message?

Have you tried patching from 9b to the V15 upgrade first and then patch from V15 to V16 then from V16 to V17 ?

Don

nikb · #3 October 28th, 2025, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by DRG

Nik

Exactly which version are you patching from ?

If I understand correctly, you patched to 9b without an issue then tried to patch to V17 and saw the Slovene Home Guard message?

Have you tried patching from 9b to the V15 upgrade first and then patch from V15 to V16 then from V16 to V17 ?

Don

Thanks Don. Have deleted and retried but no luck.

Have just purchased the download version which I understand is the full v 17. Still seems good value - especially when you see the volume of scenarios and the patch enhancements.

Its been a bonus still being able to use my original modern battles disk.

nikb · #4 October 28th, 2025, 06:26 AM

Stuff - I just tried to install the new download of v17 and the same Slovene Home Guard error came up.

Really unsure what to do now as that is a fresh download.

Dion · #5 October 28th, 2025, 08:05 AM

What's he supposed to do now? I thought that was the best thing about a download, the game wouldn't download if it couldn't run at 100% efficiency. What is the Slovene Home Guard anyway? And why do they need their their own file? Sounds like your aiding and abetting computer viruses.

DRG · #6 October 28th, 2025, 01:59 PM

IDK what baffles me more.........that neither Andy nor I have seen this happen ( and hundreds of others who have DL'd and run this patch and have not seen this happen.....) or that you and one other person I have heard have had this exact same issue

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY

Go to the game folder then open GAME NOTES then open the IMAGES folder that is inside GAME NOTES

When you have Images folder open seach with the following:

Slovene Home Guard

Do you see this if you are set up to see it as "large Icons" ??

nikb · #7 November 1st, 2025, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by DRG

IDK what baffles me more.........that neither Andy nor I have seen this happen ( and hundreds of others who have DL'd and run this patch and have not seen this happen.....) or that you and one other person I have heard have had this exact same issue

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY

Go to the game folder then open GAME NOTES then open the IMAGES folder that is inside GAME NOTES

When you have Images folder open seach with the following:

Slovene Home Guard

Do you see this if you are set up to see it as "large Icons" ??

Thanks for your help with this. No I didn't see the Slovene Home Guard file in the folder. Tim also sent me the home guard file but that didn't help. Plus the advised service desk advice to "...then run the windows disk check utility..." wasn't much help at all.

l haven't been able to re-look at the issue until this weekend. Where I have been having problems is the install with my lap top. This morning I tried a download into the desktop machine and it worked with no problem at all.

I wonder if it has something to do with the laptop with not saving the initial install under the C:/shrapnel file path. I think I may have done a different path for a start. It also hasn't given me the option of a full uninstall - but then I don't understand what on earth is going on with win 11 / 365 now days!

DRG · #8 November 3rd, 2025, 01:30 PM

Well..... what you need to do is search winSPWW2.exe to find the installation with the different path.

The GOOD NEWS is everything sounds like its "A-OK" on your desktop

nikb · #9 November 15th, 2025, 04:39 AM

I still cant install the game on my laptop. Same old problem. I have tried everything I can think of. It is on my desktop but I purchased the lap top to play the games. Wish I hadn't repurchased the game as it effectively is a waste (plus my download time has expired to retry a fresh file to install).

Interesting that I found a former post from March 2022 (actually I think it might be May 2022 with the US date format) by RedGuard:

I got a warning and it says

"Cannot create the following file:
WinSPWW2\Game Notes\Images\Slovene Home Guard 1941?945.$$A"

Same issue.

WilliamB · #10 November 15th, 2025, 04:27 PM

Try copying the game you have on your desktop to an external drive, then copy it on to your laptop. I’ve done this several times to transfer modded versions of the game from my main laptop to my backup one with no problem. I have been playing WinSPWW2 and WinSPMBT for over twenty years, and I have never had a problem like this.