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Submitted by kathycf on Sun, 2013-02-24 17:16

PhoeniX wrote:

I would be playing some if not for that nasty Vista thumbing its nose at me.

The only way I have gotten Dungeon Siege 1 and LoA to work on Vista and Windows 7 was to move the games into their own directory via copy and paste (C:\Users\Kathy\Kathy's Games\Dungeon Siege). I left the original installation in the programs(86) folder.

For me, running those older games (DS and some other ones) from their original installation shortcut with or without using administrator permissions was like the kiss of death to getting the game to run smoothly, and allowing the easy use of mods.

The only problem I have encountered is setting up custom shortcuts. For example, on my Win XP laptop I have all my mods in their own little folders and each has its own shortcut. I have had some difficulty doing that with my big computer.

Who knows, that might work for you, even though I am bypassing Windows security or whatever. Those security options in Vista and Win 7 can piss off as far as I am concerned. Sorry for the vulgarity, but they really make me mad!

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[quote=kathycf]<p><div class="bb-quote"><b>PhoeniX wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">I would be playing some if not for that nasty Vista thumbing its nose at me.  <img src="https://siegetheday.org/sites/all/modules/contrib/smiley/packs/Roving/smile.png" alt="Smile" /></blockquote></div></p>

<p>The only way I have gotten Dungeon Siege 1 and LoA to work on Vista and Windows 7 was to move the games into their own directory via copy and paste (C:\Users\Kathy\Kathy's Games\Dungeon Siege). I left the original installation in the programs(86) folder. </p>

<p>For me, running those older games (DS and some other ones) from their original installation shortcut with or without using administrator permissions was like the kiss of death to getting the game to run smoothly, and allowing the easy use of mods. </p>

<p>The only problem I have encountered is setting up custom shortcuts. For example, on my Win XP laptop I have all my mods in their own little folders and each has its own shortcut. I have had some difficulty doing that with my big computer. </p>

<p>Who knows, that might work for you, even though I am bypassing Windows security or whatever. Those security options in Vista and Win 7 can piss off as far as I am concerned. Sorry for the vulgarity, but they really make me mad! <img src="https://siegetheday.org/sites/all/modules/contrib/smiley/packs/Roving/smile.png" alt="Smile" /></p>[/quote]

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