Can't get SH4 to open

[kiwikid1940]

I have just aquired a Acer Aspire 5, Intel I5, 8GB Memory, Windows 10 Laptop UMD Graphics, and Nvidia GeForce MX350 as my old desktop crashed several times.

I have backups of several SH4 with MODS on separate hard drives. I also installed a vanilla version on my "C " Drive under C:\Ubisoft\Silent Hunter 4

Now my problem is that although I have tried compatability settings SH4.exe refuses to start not only on the vanilla version but also my backups. I click on the exe but nothing happens

Can anyone point me in a direction I could try.

PS This laptop also has UMD Graphics but I have altered the preferred GPU in the Nvidia settings to the GeForce card

[Jeff-Groves]

I went to C:/Windows/syswow64
Once in that folder find gameux.dll and take ownership.
Then change security setting to Full control.
Rename it to gameux.dll.back and save.
That fixed my problems.

[kiwikid1940]

Thanks for prompt reply.
I have a problem with " take ownership" !!!
At the moment Windows won't allow me to make alterations

[Jeff-Groves]

You need to be logged in as an Administrator.
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=1069&pictureid=11925

[kiwikid1940]

Thanks for the visual explanation and all seems well now.

Only had one problem after which was that after closing SH4 with MODS I couldn't open the next modded version I had but I found out that after closing SH4 the normal way it was still running in the background when I used task master. As soon as I closed that down I could then load the other modded versions of SH4.