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Age of Empires III compatibility issue
Hello,
I've upgraded my Windows Vista to Windows Seven (32-bit), but I'm having trouble running Age of Empires III. It used to work fine prior to Seven's installation.
I have reinstalled the game, but when I try to run the game I get the following message (in French):
"Le programme suivant a effectué une action qui impose à Windows de remplacer temporairement le jeu de couleurs par celui de Windows 7 de base.
Programme: Age of Empires III Patch 1.13
Editeur: Microsoft Corporations
PID: 5904"
Which basically means that due to the program's action, the Aero color set is temporarily deactivated and replaced by the basic color set of Windows 7.
I can find "age3.exe" in the process management tool (and kill it, which makes Aero functional again) but the game does not run. I have also tried using the compatibility mode (XP SP 3 and Vista), but with no success.
My specs:
Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU (T8300, 2.40 GHz)
4 Go RAM
Nvidia GeForce 8600m GT video card (I have installed the latest-available driver on Nvidia's website)
Everything else is working fine.
Any suggestions to get the game working? Or must I wait for some compatibility fix?
Thank you.