Re: Unable to play Nancy Drew Danger by design
[Re: GreatDetective]
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06/17/18 11:38 PM
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to GameBoomers, GreatDetective. Did you follow the instructions for installing older ND games on newer systems here? It sounds like you already tried that, but I just wanted to make sure. It should work, as even folks with Windows 10 can play all the games. And I have no problem getting Danger By Design to run on my Windows 7 computer. Let's wait and see what the techies have to say.
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Re: Unable to play Nancy Drew Danger by design
[Re: GreatDetective]
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06/18/18 12:27 AM
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I tried the method that Her Interactive suggested for the older games but it didn't work If the link Marian gave at https://www.herinteractive.com/2014/04/windows-vista-windows-7-installation/is the one you're talking about, that's more for the earliest games. Using Compatibility Mode might help, but you don't want to set it to Windows 98 compatibility. Try Windows 2000 or XP compatibility if you have Windows 7 or XP compatibility if you have Windows 8 or 10. You may also want to try checking the checkboxes on the compatibility tab for: Disable visual themes Disable desktop composition Disable display scaling on high DPI settings and Run the Program as an Administrator If there are checkboxes for using 640x480 or reduced color mode (256 colors), don't use them. The game is from 2006 and uses higher resolution and color depth than that. Options on the compatibility tab are slightly different between Windows 7, 8, and 10, so if you don't see one of the options I mentioned, don't worry about it.
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Re: Unable to play Nancy Drew Danger by design
[Re: GreatDetective]
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06/18/18 09:02 AM
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Here's a YouTube video about installing ND games, just in case. The guy who did this video, who has Windows 10, says the following: I made this video so that people can download the first two specifically, but if you follow the steps I used for Stay Tuned for Danger on 3-15, then yes, it does apply to all the older games as well! Have you tried downloading the game from Big Fish? Unfortunately they do not have a demo for the game, but I have the download from Big Fish and it works just fine on my computer.
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Re: Unable to play Nancy Drew Danger by design
[Re: Marian]
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06/18/18 11:32 AM
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So he 1. Ran the installer on the CD as an administrator 2. Installed to a location in his User folder instead of the default Program Files folder 3. Chose not to install DirectX during the installation. He said this was a very important step. 4. Set Compatibility mode on the desktop shortcut to XP for Secrets Can Kill, but said you probably wouldn't need it for Stay Tuned for Danger. Unlike the information on the HerInteractive link, the information he described is more likely to help with the later games.
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Re: Unable to play Nancy Drew Danger by design
[Re: GreatDetective]
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06/18/18 04:03 PM
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Have you tried uninstalling and then installing again?
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Re: Unable to play Nancy Drew Danger by design
[Re: GreatDetective]
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06/19/18 05:16 AM
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I managed to get a new game started but what I heard was the into to last train to blue moon canyon so I'm not quite sure what that means. That's sounding like you may have a registry problem. Do you have Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon installed? If not, I don't know where it would be getting that intro.
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Re: Unable to play Nancy Drew Danger by design
[Re: Uncle Reg]
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06/20/18 09:49 AM
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I have a vague recollection that having more than one ND game installed at the same time has caused problems. I don't remember if it was any two games, or just specific ones that would not coexist.
I have a whole bunch installed and no problems. There were, however, two specific games that did conflict with one another, but they were two of the very early ones, I believe - I could probably find out which ones with googling.
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