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Originally Posted by flag4
its an old game. windows 7 doesnt like that old stuff. it has to be installed under 'COMPATABILITY.' right click SH3 icon look for 'compatability' tab and drop down box. choose the windows version you used before. i used 'windows xp service pack 3' then look for 'privaledge level' further down tab. click 'run this programme as administrater' close tab then give it a try. i have windows 7 home edition. and this is what i did for it. i have had no probs so far. good luck, i hope it helps.  |
I never did. And I have Win 7 64bit. And it still worked. So it's not required I think.
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just had a look at the (x86) file. and thats where my SH3 file is and its been running fine.
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If you have it installed here (SH3 install folder inside c:\Program Files or C:\Program Files (x86) ), then you need to run it as an administrator. And perhaps even disable UAC entirely to work without problems at all with modding. Running any application with a account with administrator priviledges is a security risk. Consider the damage a worm/trojan/virus can do if it infected SH3.exe and has free reign on your pc.
But if you install it into your own custom created folder on your drive then all these extra settings in the shortcut properties and jumping through hoops is not necessary. Not for SH3, not for SH3 Commander, not for JSGME, not for SH3Gen. Only administrator priveleges are needed for installation and patching. (of any application)
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and if you want to uninstall it you will have to ensure that you have removed all known traces of the SH3 programme/files etc. youll have to do a manual search then delete it all otherwise it MAY corrupt the new files.
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That still is true all the time. But if it is not in Program Files then removing files is alot less of a hassle due to UAC interference.