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Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 #1033837
09/27/15 01:25 AM
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Anyone have any luck with this game? I can play it on my Windows 7 PC no problem, but not on my new Windows 8 PC.
No matter what I've tried I just wont run. I get an error stating 'ac application' won't start. Anyone run across this?


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1033851
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You tried running it in compatibility mode?

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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1033889
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Yes. Tried that first.


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1033907
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I don't see it at Big Fish and even Steam does not sell it as a download anymore.

Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Jenny100] #1033910
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Big Fish used to have the game, but it was removed, and I don't know what the reason was.

Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1034229
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I haven't tried the other two AC games on the new PC yet, I'm expecting the same results. Anyone have Windows 8 and got them to work?


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1034267
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Evil under the Sun is runnning fine on win 8.1. Just installed it and have played to chapter 4.
The picture seems a little bit smaller than I remember, but that might just be my imagination. It have been years since I last played the pc-edition.

Caroline


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1034299
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Well I'll give it a try. Have you tried ATTWN on 8.1?


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1034318
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No, not yet.

Caroline


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1034325
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I am playing ATTWN on Windows 8.1 now and it is running fine.


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1034352
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Might I ask what you did to get it to run kazzmo?


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1035217
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I did not do anything special. I put the disc in and the game installed and plays.


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1036576
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This is an old game I played on WXP but I am having the same problem with my 8.1 It installs disk 1 w/o a problem but disk 2 installs up to a point and then stalls and there is nothing I can do to make the installation complete. I thought there may be dist a nick or something on disk 2 but it's clean. I wish I could get it to play as I did not finish the game.


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: lexxy] #1036590
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Originally Posted By: lexxy
This is an old game I played on WXP but I am having the same problem with my 8.1 It installs disk 1 w/o a problem but disk 2 installs up to a point and then stalls and there is nothing I can do to make the installation complete.

How long did you wait?
Sometimes a game continues to install even though the progress bar doesn't keep moving.

Have you tried changing compatibility on the Setup before running the Setup?

Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1036605
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No I did not do the compatibility mode because disk 1 installed w/o a problem. I will try that and see what happens.


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1036631
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Is the 2nd disc readable? Try copying the contents to temp folder on your hard drive. If it copies OK then the disc should be good, if not there is a problem with the disc.


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Re: Agatha Christie ATTWN not running on Windows 8.1 [Re: Adam Beals] #1037207
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Collector,

I tried burning disc 2 to my hard drive and it did not work. I have a wii system and I found ATTWN for my system so I will just buy it and run it on my wii. I guess I got a bad disc...it happens.


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Collector,

Good news for me, I got the game to run on my old Windows XP. It was a small scratch on disc 2 that prevented it from installing on XP but after I fixed the problem it plays wonderfully. I still do not know why it won't play on 8.1 but as long as I can finish the game I am happy.


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