Age of Empires 2: AoC expansion

I created the batch file and placed it in the folder that contains teh age2_x1.exe file as you suggested, but it doesn't seem to be working... My you be able to offer some guiding tips or hints... do I need to connect the bat file to the exe file somehow...
Any help you would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!!
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morfeu said:

I searched in whole Internet for a solution and I found one

Go into task manager select the processes tab and end explorer.exe then alt-tab back into age of empires
Note: this will make your task bar disapear and any open folders
To restart explorer open the task manager agian in the aplications tab hit new task and type explorer in the box
The colours change because of the Aero theme's poor handling of colours


Edit:
You can also make a batch file with the following lines and place it in the same location as your age of empires 2 executable

taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
age2_x1.exe
Start explorer.exe

Edster said:

Anarchitect said:

Hi guys,

I installed W7 and so far it's been working fine. However, I ran into a problem. When I try to play my AoE 2: the Conquerors expansion, everything works. When I start a game, some of the graphics (trees, grass and water) seem highly corrupted (mostly they're much to 'red'). When I put the resolution on 800x600, it works. When I try 1024x768, I get the weird corruption.
I tried most of the compatibility modes (XP, W2000, W98, all with different combinations of DPI/Visual Themes/256 colors etcetera). Does anybody have an idea?

Thanks in advance!

I'm not sure if someone has answered your question, but what I do is open the game, then whilst in the game press Alt and Tab, then disable explorer.exe from the task manager, then Alt and Tab again to return into the game, and you should have the correct graphics and colour. I believe the reason for this is the compatibility issues with Aero. Let me know if this works.

I killed from the task manger desktop window manager and win. explorer. this worked for me and many thanks for the help.

what i do is
1. open the game (typically at title screen)
2. press the windows key (bottom lefthand corner of keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys)
3. move cursor so it not on top of an icon
4. right click
5. select Screen Resolution (just leave it alone on the desktop)
6. click on the minimized AOE on the taskbar
7. play game
8. when done w/ game, close the Screen Resolution window.

it may seem like a lot of steps, but all is done in 2 seconds. i have tried the kill explorer route and it doesn't always fix the colors for my pc.

Have any of you tried this?

Regards

de Bill said:

Hi all,
I have written an application "AOE II TC color FIX", which helps you with color issue on AOE 2 The Conquerors. The application can run at the windows backgroung and "watches" in process list, if age2_x1.exe has started. If so, the application AUTOMATICALLY suspends or kills (depends on method you choose) the explorer and relieves it back, when AOC is closed. Test it!

Looking forward for your tests and replies :)

Download: http://www.ulozto.own.cz/./files/cb93a74cfe1691dbd7e343d1dfbdcaba.zip

enjoy

de Bill

P.S.: Virus FREE :-D

I can confirm that this works under W7 x64

Hi

Well i have some kind of problem like colours are too red. But i solve that matter to shut down Windows explorer(task manager) and then play - i read that tip for internet.

Anyway, my real problem is that: i cant play AOE II for 1280x1024 resolution. Earlier i can do that my older CPU(windowsXP), but nowdays i cant with windows 7.

Maybe my question belong to graphic-section i dont know. I can change my resolution my ATI catalyst panel - but in windows7 own control panel there not 1280x1024 resolution. If i click control panel/adjust resolution/advanced settings - i see there are 1280x720 resolution. I have old Nokia crt-monitor, so maybe it cant do anything on that matter. Ofcourse if i play AOE 2 i that panel i cant change resolution.

Cheers

WR

I know the fix ! I had the same issue until I did this
Open notepad and type: taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
age2_x1.exe
Start explorer.exe

Name it what ever you want and save it as ALL FILES with a .bat at the end of the name.
After that put the Batch file into the Age of Empires 2 folder and create a shortcut of the BATCH file on your desktop. Then double-click the BATCH file on your desktop when the AOE2 Disk is in the drive.
Have Fun !

Not sure If anyone said this or not, also I'm pretty sure theres multiple solutions. What you do is start up the game, then on the main menu (or in game, it doesn't matter) minimize the program, you can hit the windows key to do this, I think escape does as well. Now start up task manager and end explorer.exe then hit alt+tab and open aoe back up, and it should look normal. When you exit the game and are back on your blank desktop open the task manager back up, click file, new task, and type in exporer.exe