Urban assault game will not read the disc
I installed the old Urban Assault Microsoft game on my Vista PC. When you try to start playback on the first mission, I get a message saying "Please insert the Urban Assault CD. By clicking on OK has no effect and clicking Cancel will return to the main screen for the choice of the level. All solutions?
Tom
Tom, this game is earlier than Vista and is perhaps not fully compatible with it. Take these steps to run it in compatibility mode, so ongoing execution in compatibiliy fails test installation in compatibility, ignore the compatibility settings if you are able to run the game:
Methods of Compatibility Mode
Enable Compatibility Mode
- Right-click on the file in the target .exe program (found in the file, that it has been installed, normally in Program Files)
- Select Properties
- Select the Compatibility tab
- Check run this program in compatibility mode for: then select the version of Windows, the program was designed for.
- Click OK
- Test the program for compatibility.
Try to change some of these compatibility options:
- Right-click on the file in the target .exe program (found in the file, that it has been installed, normally in Program Files)
- Select Properties
- Select the Compatibility tab
- Try to check some of the setting options; Run especially in the 640 x 480 screen resolution.
- Click OK
- Test the program for compatibility.
Install in compatibility mode:
- Uninstall the program. (Make sure you have a method of resettlement before doing)
- Place the installation disk or locate the Setup file
- Right click on the .exe Setup file
- Select Properties
- Select the Compatibility tab
- Click on run this program in compatibility mode for:, and then select the version of Windows, the program was designed for.
- Click OK
- Double-click the file and follow the installation instructions
- Optional: you can also right-click on the file .exe installation and chose run as administrator if the compatibility issue is dealing with the access permissions.
- Test the program for compatibility.
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