SH4 Won't Run in Windows 7

glenmyers · 04-18-14, 03:27 PM

For all you guys that have Windows 7 and SH4 "won't run", I recently experienced this problem but have resolved it. I had installed the game on my Windows 7 machine when I upgraded from VISTA where it had been running fine. It ran great for about 4 months and suddenly stopped working last month. Tore my hair out uninstalling and reinstalling per every piece of advice I could find on the Internet. Finally stumbled across an answer that fixed the problem. The fix was posted by ATR-42. I recently upgraded screen resolution for text from 125% to 150%. That appears to be the problem. Any DPI setting over 125 % causes the program to run (you can see it listed in Task Manager), but it won't be displayed on the screen. Shifting back to 125% fixed the problem. Again, thanks ATR-42. You have restored my sanity.

ReallyDedPoet · 04-18-14, 06:29 PM

Nice that you got it sorted

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TorpX · 04-18-14, 06:49 PM

Thanks to you, glenmyers and ATR-42 for this information.

This will certainly help Win 7 users.

04-18-14, 03:27 PM	#1
glenmyers Bilge Rat Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	SH4 Won't Run in Windows 7 For all you guys that have Windows 7 and SH4 "won't run", I recently experienced this problem but have resolved it. I had installed the game on my Windows 7 machine when I upgraded from VISTA where it had been running fine. It ran great for about 4 months and suddenly stopped working last month. Tore my hair out uninstalling and reinstalling per every piece of advice I could find on the Internet. Finally stumbled across an answer that fixed the problem. The fix was posted by ATR-42. I recently upgraded screen resolution for text from 125% to 150%. That appears to be the problem. Any DPI setting over 125 % causes the program to run (you can see it listed in Task Manager), but it won't be displayed on the screen. Shifting back to 125% fixed the problem. Again, thanks ATR-42. You have restored my sanity.

04-18-14, 06:29 PM	#2
ReallyDedPoet Canadian Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada. The one and only, East Coast Posts: 10,884 Downloads: 946 Uploads: 5	Nice that you got it sorted Welcome to SUBSIM __________________ Back in the Day

04-18-14, 06:49 PM	#3
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Thanks to you, glenmyers and ATR-42 for this information. This will certainly help Win 7 users.