MS Tinker: How to

So many people are trying to play MS Tinker on 7. Here's how... Download:

Tinker.part1.rar
Tinker.part2.rar

Put the Tinker folder that comes in this rar file into C:\Program Files\Microsoft games

Then, change the compatibility mode for Tinker.exe to Windows Vista and check the 'Run as Administrator' box. Wallah!

Actually if you are dual booting you just need to put a shortcut from that folder on your desktop and play in compatibility mode for Vista.

I did the transfer of files and compatability thing but I get an error when I try to start Tinker as shown in figure 1.

See also figure 2, is this something to do with it?

Looks like you haven't updated your DirectX, you need to do to Microsoft and find the latest redistributable which is November.

Mr GRiM said:

Looks like you haven't updated your DirectX, you need to do to Microsoft and find the latest redistributable which is November.

Didn't realize that I would have to manually check that...expected WU to do that for me. I assume too much I guess.

Just one snag...the available downloads are for 9.0c and I have 11. How can I be out of date considering I only just installed this beta from MS?

You are saying that I should download a version that is 2 levels less than I have now?
I just want to be sure that's what is intended here.

One question parts 1 and 2 should be combined into one folder I assume?

Addendum: Part 2 still fails..
Extracting Tinker\Tinker.dat Error: CRC mismatch in file "Tinker\Tinker.dat" in the archive "N:\Users\Peter\Downloads\Tinker.part2.rar"

Will try the other way again...transferring the files from Vista.