Install+Under+XP-Wudywoodpecker




 * About installation under XP by Wudpecker.**

Install onto WIN XP Problem? Submitted by //Wallace 'Wudpecker' Wood//

1. Normal install is fine for MicroProse disk. Infogrames disk may give problems. So copy all the EAW Infogrames files to a new directory and use other exe's there instead of using the install. XP will only run the name "EAW.exe" in other exe files, except 1.28. **Online play also requires the "eaw.exe" or "EAW.exe" name.**
 * Any of the special "EXE's" available will have to be renamed to just "EAW.exe"** **__except__ for the new 1.28 patch which can handle names like "EAW Jelly's7217.exe" in XP offline.**

For instance, Andy's **Eaw2c.exe** will not work until changed to "Eaw.exe"

2. More game version info: your game version on CD may cause problems. InfoGrames EAW doesn't like XP on an install--though it works fine in XP without actually installing. Only the Microprose original works well when you install from CD. Solution: Try and copy ONLY the game itself to a directory without installing it. Run it once, briefly, then quit. Then install the 1.2 patch from your CD. Or better, use the Code Committee's **new 1.28 patch**. The new patch may sometimes solve problems, like the hated "7217 Error" caused by new video cards and drivers. See "7217 Error--a Fix" by going one page back here.

Of course you had to install the game originally from CD, right? How else can you get the game files? Copy them over to a new directory. Remember, copy the game itself first (it will have the eaw.exe file in it and some other folders like music, etc.) and put it in a new folder. Run the game from that folder. Test it first, of course. 4. **Then,** **make a shortcut of the Eaw.exe file by right-clicking mouse and choosing shortcut. Put this on your desktop and run the game from there.** This sometimes works when other solutions don't in XP. EAW Control 2000 (from Sandbagger's Lost and Found) is a handy utility for many EAW tasks, including a link to start the game.