LOTR Battle For Middle Earth 2

I am not sure if this thread is still active but i can try it...so
I have with my LOTR BFME 2 expansion ( primary game is running without problems ).
When I start the game there is starting picture and after few seconds it shows error that the program is not responding. I tried everything i found here and it stil doesnt work.

I want to ask what files should be in C:Users/(name)/AppData/Roaming/My The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch-king Files ?

I have there only empty file Maps and Options.ini that i have created. Should be there anything else ?

Thank for reply.

I have a different problem. I got BFME, BFME 2 and Witch King working on my two desktops, one with W7 Pro and one with Home Edition. I had more trouble with the one with Home edition and had to create the options.ini file for each game. I installed the originals from disc then upgraded with latest patches before trying to run. I even specified XP mode with the shortcut though I'm not sure that was even necessary after installing the options.ini file. With the homegroup activated, I could do multi-player on the LAN. My problem is that I can't seem to see where the maps are located.

I had downloaded some player created maps for my xp desktop and can't get the game under windows 7 to see any of them. I installed them in the x86 folder under the user,app data, BFME, roaming which is what made them show up in the original (I think). When they didn't work I looked in the game folder and I can't even find the maps directory. I created a maps folder in my games files and placed some of them there and I still can't run them. I searched my Win 7 computers for the .tga files for the regular game maps and it doesn't even show up, yet when I run the game the regular maps are available to choose for either a skirmish or for multi-player on the LAN. So has Windows 7 somehow changed the map files for compatibility mode or is there some other hidden files other than the ones I activated to install the games. I really love these games and guess I should be glad I could get it to work at all. I would appreciate any advice.

Thanks OP options.ini works great on Windows 7 64 bit.

Thank you so much. ^^

cant find anything like bfme after roaming i have windows 7 64bit home plz respond

Hi Guys,

I have a limited edition BOFM + normal copy of ROTWK. I used to play it very frequently on my previous computer. But after i have upgraded to a new Lenovo computer (all the specs exceed requirements), i cannot play it at all. Whenever i click the "Play" button at the startup menu, this error message appears:

"Please insert the corret DVD-ROM, select OK and restart application"

I have tried contacting EA Technical Support but they only said, get a new copy! WTF!~
There's no copy left of this game anywhere... = (

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Intel Core i5 750 @ 2.66GHz
RAM 4 GB
NVIDIA GeForce 320

Anyone able to help, please?
Thanks a million!

I have windows 7 genuine home premium. cant get game to lunch with out it "not responding"
i have downlooaded the patches. trying to play the loard of the rings battle for middle earth anthology. please help

well after actually reading thru every page in this thread, and trying everything that has been mentioned, i still can not get my BFM2 to play, it just gets stuck on the load screen.

Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
AMD FX-8150 3.60GHz Eight Core
8GB Ram
Radeon HD 7850 2GB

Ive had the game for over a year, just never had a PC it would run on, i finally get a gaming pc and i cant get it to work, just very dissappointing