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can't reinstall Sid's Pirates

will0170

will0170

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I bought Sid Meyers Pirates when it first came out ,pre ordered it.I played it 'til I got bored and sold it to my brother .Now I bought a new one and tryed to install it ,but it keeps saying "Do you wish to uninstall Sid Meyers Pirates " and if I click yes it says "maintenance complete" ,if I click no it just says finished. I uninstalled the game last year and before I tryed to install the new one I deleted all traces of the original so I can't figure what the problem is. Any help would be apreciated. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/modding.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":modding" border="0" alt="modding.gif" />
 
I was hoping somebody would have a better answer for this, but . . .

<b>SAVE THIS AS A LAST ALTERNATIVE.</b>

I'm guessing that the original Atari version and the new 2K version are actually incompatible.

Whatever its doing, whatever it wrote in the registry . . .

the key is to remove these values.

Unfortunately the best way to do this is . . .

On the standard pain scale of 1 to 10
this is rated at a 12+

We are talking wipe and reload your system from the operating system upwards.
If your installation of the OS is old, it might be a good idea to do this anyway just to remove OS related CRAP that Microsoft insists upon inflicting over time.
 
I was planning on putting in a new processor anyway ,so I could play CIV 4 , so I'll just wait 'til I do that .I'll probably replace W98 with WXP ,though that means good by to alot of my old favorites.I guess that answers my question though ,thanks Rupert.
 
Finaly got a reply from 2k Games suport they told me which hiden file to change and where to look .So if anyoneelse has the same problem with the same game I'll post it ,but it's a little lengthy so unless someone needs it I wont bother.
 
Pls post, just in case the same problem arises & u r not here.

I was going to suggest that you go into the registry and delete all SMP keys/entries.
 
Ok here's the fix and it worked for me,but amandment though Ihad to do same in both user profiles on my computer before it would work,but it did work and I'm playing again ! <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/par-ty.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":cheers" border="0" alt="par-ty.gif" />
Subject : Regarding Case Number 719159

Dear Sir/Madam

Thank you for contacting Take 2 Technical Support.

Open My Computer then open the Local Disk (C:)
Open the program files folder.
Click on the tools menu then choose folder options
Click on the view tab and tick the box labelled "show hidden files and
folders". Press OK
Open the installshield installation information folder
Search for a folder named {1632FD86-1BA4-4FC4-8B25-A8C655D63F68}
Right click on the folder and choose rename. Press the End key on the
keyboard and type the word OLD. Press the enter key

You will now be able to install the game again by placing the disk back
into the drive.

Then please install your game.


Kind Regards,
Take 2 Technical Support
 
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Thankee Gents.....this be a real find, tew be sure. Me brother prefers Pirates, while I rather like POTC....and he bought this for use at his home awhile back, and gave me my game back. But no matter what he did, he had this problem. I am no stranger tew puters, but was alast....at wits end. This just answered my questions, and his as too why "<b> it used to work what happened...</b>"

Bad thing is he resold his new Sid Meier's Pirates ....oh boy he will be pissed
 
<!--quoteo(post=148136:date=May 11 2006, 01:55 PM:name=Long John Silver)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Long John Silver @ May 11 2006, 01:55 PM) [snapback]148136[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->
Is there an FTP site for Sid's Pirates like there is for POTC?
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<a href="http://planetcivilization.gamespy.com/pirates2/" target="_blank">http://planetcivilization.gamespy.com/pirates2/</a>
 
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