Installing 95/98 games with compatibility update

[a10thunder 0]

I'm sure this forum has talked about using the Application Compatibility Update to trick the software into thinking that Win2k is either 95, 98 or NT. However, I installed the lastest compatibility update, but can't do what the Win2k FAQ talked about. I'm trying to install Need for Speed 3 and the installation program checks if the system is either 95 or 98. If it's neither, then installation quits. I was thinking about using the Compatibility Update to get through the installation. However, when I right click on the setup program and go to properties, I do not see any place to change the OS setting. Please help me out. Thanks!

 

Jason

[ZoSo 0]

You need to make a shortcut to it, and it will show up.

[a10thunder 0]

I installed the compatibility update, but I didn't see any application files created. What file do I make a shortcut of?

 

Jason

[miku 0]

Make the shortcut of the application you want to run in compatibility mode. Ex: The Setup.exe of NFS

 

Right Click (Shortcut) > Properties > Compatibility Tab > Choose Windows 95/98 Layer

 

ARC

[donald 0]

does anyone else have this problem, when i use the compatibility layer, the application generates an error message but no error message is logged in event viewer?

 

Thanks

[a10thunder 0]

Thank you for your help. The shortcut worked. This forum is great!

 

Jason

[javiscript 0]

Quote:

I installed the compatibility update, but I didn't see any application files created. What file do I make a shortcut of?

Jason

Arrrgghh!!! I dont have that tab!!

[CrazyKillerMan 0]

you have to make a shortcut for the file you want to enable.

Right click > create shortcut

then...when thats created right click and goto properties...only in hte shortcut will there be a compatiblity tab at the top.

[miku 0]

If you dont see it, type this in run.

 

regsvr32 %systemroot%\apppatch\slayerui.dll

 

Then check the shorcut properties again. Enjoy!

 

ARC