[REL] Dark Waters

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

check User Account Control.

Yes done, but seems impossible to solve!
Get red warning: this application has been blocked...
Tried everything found on the web without success!
Disabled the UAC via control panel, plus via the registry —-> doesn’t work.
Disabled my firewall to no avail. Don’t have antivirus activated.
Even reinstalled SH4 from discs...no result, always the red panel!
Think I’ll give up

[kcoun]

Just create an elevated shortcut and you'll be fine ...

https://winaero.com/blog/create-elev...in-windows-10/

[Viktoria]

FiFi i work in IT maybe share a screenshot if you havent it solved it by now... maybe i can help....

[kcoun]

An elevated prompt will bypass the UAC ...

[Fifi]

Tried new short cut elevated without success...even Wineamo doesn’t help!
Now the app doesn’t show the red window, but nothing starts at all.

My SH3 Ccom12 and NYGM are running fine though

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Fifi

Yes done, but seems impossible to solve!
Get red warning: this application has been blocked...
Tried everything found on the web without success!
Disabled the UAC via control panel, plus via the registry —-> doesn’t work.
Disabled my firewall to no avail. Don’t have antivirus activated.
Even reinstalled SH4 from discs...no result, always the red panel!
Think I’ll give up

nooo. Never Surrender!
go to your SH4 icon on the desktop or the SH4.exe in the folder, whichever you use to launch SH4. r-click and go to the Compatibility Tab. you probably have it set to XP or Vista. either eliminate the value or change it to Win7. save and exit. re-launch SH4 using the same object.
good luck!

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

nooo. Never Surrender!
go to your SH4 icon on the desktop or the SH4.exe in the folder, whichever you use to launch SH4. r-click and go to the Compatibility Tab. you probably have it set to XP or Vista. either eliminate the value or change it to Win7. save and exit. re-launch SH4 using the same object.
good luck!

Tried every single compatibility to no avail, my friend.
Deactivated UAC etc...just nothing works!
It’s like my computer decided: no more SH4, you’ve done enough!

But...my old rig is still running ... for how long, i don’t know... and SH4 is fine there.

[Texas Red]

Try overriding the DPI scaling. That is what fixed it for me. I also put the compatibility mode to Windows 7.
Assuming that you know how to override it.

[KaleunMarco]

Originally Posted by Fifi

Tried every single compatibility to no avail, my friend.
Deactivated UAC etc...just nothing works!

that is intriguing.
just this week i encountered the same issue with an installation of SH4 that i have not used since i upgraded to Win10 last autumn.
i was stumped for three days.
then, on a whim, i changed the compatibility from XP to Win7 with DPI scaling and, voila, it worked.
that should not have made a difference but it's Microsoft, so there you go.
i will think on this issue some more.

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Silent Hunter 4, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by KaleunMarco

that is intriguing.
just this week i encountered the same issue with an installation of SH4 that i have not used since i upgraded to Win10 last autumn.
i was stumped for three days.
then, on a whim, i changed the compatibility from XP to Win7 with DPI scaling and, voila, it worked.
that should not have made a difference but it's Microsoft, so there you go.
i will think on this issue some more.

We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Silent Hunter 4, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!

Sorry mate but doesn’t work!
Win7 compatibility and DPI scaling —-> still the damn red window!

[lederhosen]

hmmm, I can only sujest this...I'm new to W10 too


settings / update &security / windows security / virus & threat protection /



virus & threat protection settings / exclusions


I added Folder SH4, and sh4.exe, .... anything I thought that might stop sh4 from running.


can't say this will help but did this for some reason...cant remember why though ???

[Mad Mardigan]

Originally Posted by Fifi

Sorry mate but doesn’t work!
Win7 compatibility and DPI scaling —-> still the damn red window!

To quote Tim Allen in the movie ''Galaxyquest"

Never give up, never surrender...

Hope you get a means to figure out what is going on.. to date, not having any issues running SH4.. and I have like 4 copies of it, 3 of which are modded out, with the 4th waiting for the IJN mega mod that as far as I know of, is still being worked on for release, last I saw on it.

I think I saw something of a Brit mega mod add on for SH4, if I recall that right.

Just out of curiosity... what is your base or means of installing SH4 from... Steam, Ubisoft-screw, disk...???

With that info, might come a means of figuring out why you're running into issues now with reinstalling it.. couldn't hurt, yanno.

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by Mad Mardigan

To quote Tim Allen in the movie ''Galaxyquest"

Never give up, never surrender...

Hope you get a means to figure out what is going on.. to date, not having any issues running SH4.. and I have like 4 copies of it, 3 of which are modded out, with the 4th waiting for the IJN mega mod that as far as I know of, is still being worked on for release, last I saw on it.

I think I saw something of a Brit mega mod add on for SH4, if I recall that right.

Just out of curiosity... what is your base or means of installing SH4 from... Steam, Ubisoft-screw, disk...???

With that info, might come a means of figuring out why you're running into issues now with reinstalling it.. couldn't hurt, yanno.

Disc install.
Even fresh copy from old computer (that works) doesn’t start.
Never seen that ever. Had plenty SH4 copy on old computer without any troubles.
That is coming from new windows 10 on latest rig.

[igiu83]

Originally Posted by Fifi

Sorry mate but doesn’t work!
Win7 compatibility and DPI scaling —-> still the damn red window!

Hi guys!
Just to say that i have resolved that big red no go creating a batch file. Just create an empty text file e rename its extension to .bat. inside simply write the address of SH4 exe as c:\....... only thing to remember is to start this batch file as an administrator.
That's it. Zero problem and no more UAC.

PS: i'm running on windows 10 64 bit.

[Fifi]

Originally Posted by igiu83

Hi guys!
Just to say that i have resolved that big red no go creating a batch file. Just create an empty text file e rename its extension to .bat. inside simply write the address of SH4 exe as c:\....... only thing to remember is to start this batch file as an administrator.
That's it. Zero problem and no more UAC.

PS: i'm running on windows 10 64 bit.

Hi mate,
Could you explain in detail, because i don’t really understand what you have done