This happens when I try to install CoD2 ;/

[Piemaaan!]

This has happened before when I reinstalled on the laptop, but I don't remember how to solve it.

Love & Friendship for anyone who sorts me out

please note, I'm installing, not re/uninstalling

[Busby, Paul (Bicci)]

Re: This happens when I try to install CoD2 ;/

BAHA!!

mine's (as if by magic) started working again...

first thing i did was de-frag my C drive (though this may not have anything to do with the problem at all)

then i put the cod2 disk in and clicked install, and lo-and-behold ... the error message came up again...

i then clicked on the 'install' button again without closing the error message, and it miraculously starts installing!

after it's installed the autoplay window came up, and i clicked on 'play multiplayer'. the same error message came up, but it works fine if i use the desktop shortcut.

NOTE: after the original error message came up, i used to get another error message saying something about that devious msvcr80.dll... this may have something to do with why it miraculously started working for me. i never used to get the 2nd message before i used an exe file called vcredist_x86.exe. if the above doesnt work, i suggest running this exe file (found here)

then try installing again and see if you get the msvcr80 error. if you do, dont close it, just try clicking install again.

sorry i couldnt explain it easier - i dont fully understand it myself.

hope this helps,

shwhjw

Stole this from another forum

That error has nothing to do with your graphics card, its a software problem. That particular DLL is used by Microsoft Defender. Uninstall Defender and see if COD2 runs.

Then if it runs OK, try to re-install Defender.

And another possability?

[[USAC]S|Cpl.TinFoil]

Re: This happens when I try to install CoD2 ;/

Install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 redistributable.

[Piemaaan!]

Re: This happens when I try to install CoD2 ;/

^installing.

it worked!

<3 Tinfoil.

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