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A solution i found was:
1) Open the task manager up (right-click on taskbar, and start task manager)
2) Disable "explorer.exe" (yes this will make everything disappear but you can get it back from starting "explorer.exe" again)
3) Start the game by using the task manager (File, New Task (Run))
That seemed to work for me 100% of the time.
Hope you get the same results i did.
Scott
You don't have to run in window mode. Explorer is the main problem. You can create a bat script that fixes everything for you. You have to make a txt file into the dir of the exe, which is properly "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1". Or on 32 bit systems: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1".
Open the txt file and copy/past the following:
Now save and close the txt file and rename the text file to "The Conquerors.bat", make sure that it doesn't end with '.txt' but with '.bat'. All without the quotes.taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
age2_x1.exe
Start explorer.exe
The only thing you have to do now is making a short cut to the bat file to launch the game. And now you are done! Run the bat file as admin and the game should run without any lag or mistaken colours. Have fun!
EDIT: Aah, I see that you were first SJMX! Good to see that more people found this solution!
Heh. I may have been first but you did that with style!
Have fun on Age of Empires 2 which is still number one on my favourite games ever list!
Age of Empires II is together with Stronghold Crusader on my number one games list ever!
I'm still playing lan party's with friends on Age of Empires II.
Also a recommend site for you guys: Age of Kings Heaven.
Searching in the forum I found this simple solution, is for starcraft but worked for me.
StarCraft fix holy cow!
Heavy sigh - I tried all the compatibility items with no luck. I tried the solution posted by SJMX and when I try to run the game file it says to insert the correct disc even though it is in the drive. I tried the batch file posted by Lord Jon - It starts up OK but I end up getting the same disc message and explorer starts back up. The only thing I could not do was run the .bat file as admin - I could not check the box. Any help here is appreciated-thanks.
More info - I uninstalled Conquerors and reinstalled it. The batch file worked fine and the colors were great. Then I applied the "c" patch and I am now where I was before - the disc is not recognized. Very strange - hopefully a solution?????