Question of Age Of Empires 3 Color Scheme

I have re-bought recently Age Of Empires III (complete Collection) that I had lost the discs during a move. I have a new computer game also, with Windows 7.

I installed AOE3 but get the message: «the color scheme was changed to Windows 7 Basic...» "message... then nothing, the game does not start even

It's very frustrating. What can I do? (Please don't answer if you don't really know, and you just want to copy and paste a few standard response )

See you soon!

Here is what helped me:

Under Windows 7/Vista compatibility modeof AOE 3.

  1. Right click on the .exe of the game file

    1. location of 64-bit: C:\Program Files (x 86) \Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III
    2. location of 32 bit: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III
    3. Read this if you don't know what Vista\Win 7 operating system you have.
  2. Select Properties.
  3. Select the compatibility tab.
  4. Checkbox next to run this program in compatibility mode for.
  5. Scroll below it until Windows XP (Service Pack 3).
  6. Click apply and then click OK.

Here and here are some pictures to go with the above explanation.

As far as I know, most versions of Windows 7 include a Compatibility tab. However, if you don't then try this.

http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

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