Silent Hunter 1 and XP

Sailor Steve · 12-17-11, 12:27 PM

Go to Start and do a search for Silent Hunter. This will show you every location anything SH-related is stored. Delete everything with Silent Hunter on it. Don't worry about later versions if you have them; they will be identified by their numbers, so you can ignore them.

I'm not sure if this will help, but getting rid of all remains of the earlier installation is a good idea anyway.

killerzone22 · 12-17-11, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Go to Start and do a search for Silent Hunter. This will show you every location anything SH-related is stored. Delete everything with Silent Hunter on it. Don't worry about later versions if you have them; they will be identified by their numbers, so you can ignore them.

I'm not sure if this will help, but getting rid of all remains of the earlier installation is a good idea anyway.

My dad did and only found the shortcut created from the first step. I made sure before starting the re-installation to delete every trace of it even in the registry.

Sailor Steve · 12-17-11, 05:41 PM

If you're still having the problem I'm afraid I won't be much more help. I'm one of the worst at making things work, and that was the only idea I had. I haven't tried to run SH1 on my XP system yet. I do, however, have Aces Of The Deep running just fine, but through no great effort of my own, I'm afraid.

killerzone22 · 12-17-11, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

If you're still having the problem I'm afraid I won't be much more help. I'm one of the worst at making things work, and that was the only idea I had. I haven't tried to run SH1 on my XP system yet. I do, however, have Aces Of The Deep running just fine, but through no great effort of my own, I'm afraid.

No worries. I am sure there is someone on here who can direct me in the right direction. Getting to work on my window 7 computer is a no go since it doesn't want to install right and on my dad's old XP computer, it keeps closing without an error or anything. I have no doubt that someone on here can assist me in this situation i am faced with.

aanker · 12-17-11, 09:03 PM

It should work with Win 7 too using DOSBox.

I zipped an install from Win ME years ago and unziping that to a Win XP computer made the install part easy. (I have the CD) SH doesn't like installing to NTFS that's all. Once an install is on NTFS you can get it to run through DOSBox - probably the easiest.

Can you locate an old Win 3.1 or Win 95 or ME computer to install it on then zip up the entire install and un-zip it to your Win 7 ??

Happy Hunting!

Art

killerzone22 · 12-17-11, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by aanker

It should work with Win 7 too using DOSBox.

I zipped an install from Win ME years ago and unziping that to a Win XP computer made the install part easy. (I have the CD) SH doesn't like installing to NTFS that's all. Once an install is on NTFS you can get it to run through DOSBox - probably the easiest.

Can you locate an old Win 3.1 or Win 95 or ME computer to install it on then zip up the entire install and un-zip it to your Win 7 ??

Happy Hunting!

Art

Nah. All those computers we had of those OS's broke down. All we have is XP and 7. I tried installing on my 7 computer since we had this issue on my dad's computer now for some reason but when i try to install it, it refuses to detect my hard drive but instead only my CD drive. I don't know what's up and I can't do a regular install without dosbox because it gives me the full-screen not supported error in MS-DOS. It does work on my dad's computer but its acting up now for some reason. Trust me, if that was possible, I would have done that.

Any other solutions you can try to provide?

TorpX · 12-18-11, 02:59 AM

Other have used D-Fend Reloaded (instead of DOSbox). I haven't had SHCE installed since I stopped using the old machine, so I can't provide any detailed help.

12-17-11, 12:27 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Go to Start and do a search for Silent Hunter. This will show you every location anything SH-related is stored. Delete everything with Silent Hunter on it. Don't worry about later versions if you have them; they will be identified by their numbers, so you can ignore them. I'm not sure if this will help, but getting rid of all remains of the earlier installation is a good idea anyway. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-17-11, 05:41 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	If you're still having the problem I'm afraid I won't be much more help. I'm one of the worst at making things work, and that was the only idea I had. I haven't tried to run SH1 on my XP system yet. I do, however, have Aces Of The Deep running just fine, but through no great effort of my own, I'm afraid. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-17-11, 09:03 PM	#5
aanker Pacific Thunder Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yellow Sea Posts: 1,896 Downloads: 236 Uploads: 14	It should work with Win 7 too using DOSBox. I zipped an install from Win ME years ago and unziping that to a Win XP computer made the install part easy. (I have the CD) SH doesn't like installing to NTFS that's all. Once an install is on NTFS you can get it to run through DOSBox - probably the easiest. Can you locate an old Win 3.1 or Win 95 or ME computer to install it on then zip up the entire install and un-zip it to your Win 7 ?? Happy Hunting! Art __________________ " Bless those who serve beneath the deep, Through lonely hours their vigil keep. May peace their mission ever be, Protect each one we ask of thee. Bless those at home who wait and pray, For their return by night and day."

12-18-11, 02:59 AM	#7
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	Other have used D-Fend Reloaded (instead of DOSbox). I haven't had SHCE installed since I stopped using the old machine, so I can't provide any detailed help.