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Old 04-13-16, 06:12 PM   #47
Hinrich Schwab
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Originally Posted by Kapitan_Phillips View Post
Ahoy from the depths of obscurity lads

So, I bought the Steam pack of Sub Command, Fleet Command, 688i and Dangerous Waters on sale a looong time ago. I recently upgraded to a computer that isn't a potato, running Windows 10, and they all seemed to work fine until I uninstalled DW and now when I reinstall it, it instantly goes to a "Close Program" dialogue.

I've tried the 8.1 fix which got it to work once, but as soon as I quit, back to normal.

Any ideas?
I have run into this issue before where the patch doesn't work when it should. Here is what worked for me. I cannot guarantee that it will work, but it is something to try.

First, uninstall DW or SC completely. This includes all configuration files.

Second, reinstall either DW or SC.

Third, try to run it without the DLL patch. It will crash, but what we want is for the game to create all of the INI files.

Finally, add the patch DLL.

It should work after this. I tried it on Windows 10 with the direct download install from Amazon, so there were no DRM issues to complicate things. Again, it worked for me and it may work for you. For some reason DW and Windows 10 are really funky, patch or no patch.
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