Solved StarCraft fix holy cow!

[johnathanamber]

@different264,

Yes your idea does work... but why not just get the Windows XP Mode setup on Windows 7? It is your free license of XP from Microsoft... NOTE that you CAN'T run a program like Star Craft in full screen mode in Windows XP Mode directly from the Windows 7 shell... in other words if you want fullscreen... you need to make the resolution of the VM to match your host resolution and then run Star Craft from within the VM.

Windows XP Mode can be downloaded from here:
Windows Virtual PC: Download

 

[johnathanamber]

It still freezes... but it looks better!

Hey guys... still no go for me. Although StarCraft launches and I can run it... it looks great... but it freezes after a couple minutes of use.

*sigh*

 

[tiger2wander]

Works perfectly

Hey guys... still no go for me. Although StarCraft launches and I can run it... it looks great... but it freezes after a couple minutes of use.

*sigh*

Hi everyone,

I just tried to set all compatibles and write a script to disable explorer while starcraft is running but no luck, I have got freeze and no way to get back using Alt-Tab

So, I tried to to configure in compatible tab like:
Compatible mode: Windows XP (Service Pack 3)
Settings:
- Disable visual theme
- Disable desktop composition
- Disable display scaling on hight DPI settings
Privilege level:
- Run this program as an administrator

then run the script runonwin7.cmd (placed in same location with starcraft.exe) which content:

@echo off
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
starcraft.exe
start explorer.exe
exit

then starcraft (I'm using blood war origin & expansion) play perfectly with right color & not freeze the system again

I'm using HP Compaq CQ45 with ATI Radeon HD3200 integrated video card & windows 7 RTM

PS: I'm tried to play it with few minutes then I have lose the sound but animation still playing, the shortcut key like go to menu (ESC) is not work now but the keyboard still working and I can bring back to system to write this post without hard reset my computer

Edited: I have go out then close the minimized windows have name BroodWar (First I have idea to kill it ) then starcraft playing mission bring back immediately after I have closed the minimized windows, LOL => continuos play

Have fun and good luck guys!

 

[kharkuss]

I think this would help all?

First of all I want to thank all you guys for all your help this has truly helped me and I registered just to add my 2 cents.

First of all as far as I know this works on all Versions of win7 and also on vista.

Now open up notepad,
copy and paste the following text:

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
C:\Program Files\Starcraft\StarCraft.exe [DONT INCLUDE THIS-this is where starcraft is located on your computer replace with necessary info]
pause
start explorer.exe

now you want to save this file as a batch file.
So goto [File] -> Save As

and now save it on your desktop or wherever, I called it Starcraft_fix.bat and saved it in C:\Program Files\Starcraft\

then right click on the starcraft icon and goto [Properties] in the "Target" field

type the following:
"C:\Program Files\Starcraft\StarCraft_fix.bat"
or replace this with wherever you saved your batch file.

Click [OK] and ENJOY! when you exit SC it will have the command prompt up and all you have to do is Hit enter to restore your taskbar.


also in this method there is no need to change any comparability options in order for it to work...


8-24-09

fixed my previous entires problem by stating exactly "which" explorer.exe to run
insted of just explorer.exe, typing in the actual file locations ie C:\Windows\explorer.exe everything turned out great

my batch file looks like

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
Starcraft.exe
start C:\Windows\explorer.exe

hope this helps anyone that might run into this problem

 

[MaxDamage]

I've been upgrading StarCraft from the first patches to the last, and the only one with no graphic bugs for me is "patch 1.15.2" (The NOCD one )

The only way I managed to play it well was using Ctrl+Alt+Supr, Task Manager, finishing "explorer.exe", running "...(dir)...\StarCraft.exe", ...hours of playing..., and finally running "explorer.exe" again

Using SC-BW 1.16.1 and Windows 7 Build 7100

Later

 

[TedHead]

Hey, kharkuss' method worked great for me!!! THANK YOU!!

 

[kharkuss]

nO problem

Hey, kharkuss' method worked great for me!!! THANK YOU!!

nO problem, as far as I know of this method has worked for everyone that has used this method... fairly simple lil batch script that anyone is capable of doing.

-KharKuss

 

[jkboi27]

batch file method was great for fixing the game, but...

First of all I want to thank all you guys for all your help this has truly helped me and I registered just to add my 2 cents.

First of all as far as I know this works on all Versions of win7 and also on vista.

Now open up notepad,
copy and paste the following text:

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
C:\Program Files\Starcraft\StarCraft.exe [DONT INCLUDE THIS-this is where starcraft is located on your computer replace with necessary info]
pause
start explorer.exe

now you want to save this file as a batch file.
So goto [File] -> Save As

and now save it on your desktop or wherever, I called it Starcraft_fix.bat and saved it in C:\Program Files\Starcraft\

then right click on the starcraft icon and goto [Properties] in the "Target" field

type the following:
"C:\Program Files\Starcraft\StarCraft_fix.bat"
or replace this with wherever you saved your batch file.

Click [OK] and ENJOY! when you exit SC it will have the command prompt up and all you have to do is Hit enter to restore your taskbar.


also in this method there is no need to change any comparability options in order for it to work...

this worked great!! that is until i tried running starcraft with the batch file a second time...

after the second time, explorer doesnt load up corectly and instead the "libraries" folder opens up and leaves me with no taskbar or any icons on my desktop

anyone else going through the same problem?

 

[jkboi27]

REAL fix!!!

fixed my previous entires problem by stating exactly "which" explorer.exe to run
insted of just explorer.exe, typing in the actual file locations ie C:\Windows\explorer.exe everything turned out great

my batch file looks like

taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
Starcraft.exe
start C:\Windows\explorer.exe

hope this helps anyone that might run into this problem

 

[kharkuss]

Glad to hear that!

I am glad to hear that it worked out... I dont understand why it would open up the libraries folder though... but as long as its working...

 

[Qrylor]

Thanks kharkuss for the idea and jkboi27 for the cleaner solution. The batch file idea worked perfectly for me also unlike many of the other ideas that have been suggested since this issue formed.

 

[jkboi27]

still bugs to be worked out

although the solution helped launch the game with no graphical problems, i'm still getting the game to freeze on me with no way to exit the game (even trying to bring up the task manager wont work)

does anyone else have this problem and if so do you know how to fix it?

 

[ursdbz]

Try this,
Right click on shortcut, click on compatibility tab, enter as follow.
-RUN this program in compatibility mode for "windows XP sp3" (optional???)
-RUN in 256 colors(required)
-RUN in 640x480 screen resolution(required)
-RUN this program as an administrator(optional???)
Click "OK"
Play SC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Iampower123]

Still need help

yea I am trying all these fixes for an old game called knights and merchants and nothing is working I know this conversation is about starcraft but could someone help I have windows 7 7127 thx in advance

 

[Freelancer852]

In relation to this, I've eben talking to Hellinsect (the creator of the StarCraft Resolution Expander) and we're working on fixing Resolution Expander to work with 1920x1200, 2560x1600, and higher. I was able to test 1920x1200 and it works now, but before Hellinsect releases a new version he wants to fix a few more things and add a few features.

Check out his release thread here.

 

[Freelancer852]

Also, the repacked Resolution Expander that I posted on the second page includes my version of the "explorer.exe" fix. Basically it uses an interactive batch file to close explorer.exe while you're playing StarCraft with the Resolution Expander.

On another note, NONE of the other fixes in this thread work for me (Change Resolution Window, 16 bit color, compatibility settings, etc, etc), the only fix that works 100% of the time is the "explorer.exe fix".

 

[Majd04]

i open up my screen resolution and everything got fixed no more bad colors , thx dude .
you are awesome ,
I am running windows 7 Ultimate 7600 , 32-bit .
and Starcraft 1.16.1

 

[Freelancer852]

You're welcome! I'll pass it along to Hellinsect!

 

[johnathanamber]

@Freelancer852,

What was your 'explorer fix'? I can't seem to find it on the 2nd page.

Thanks,
Johnathan

 

[Black Macgyver]

The StarCraft Resolution Expander still doesn't solve the crashing of Windows 7 RTM. But it did solve the screen background thing with the explorer fix.