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Installing IWD in Win XP

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale (Classic)' started by Shrikant, Mar 9, 2005.

  1. Shrikant

    Shrikant Swords! Not words! Veteran

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    [​IMG] How do I do it?
    The auto-run wont work and the installer dies on me after reporting an error.
    The CD is not THAT badly scratched either.

    Targos is boring, EastHaven becons me :wail:

    P.S. What happened to all the old threads?
     
    Shrikant, Mar 9, 2005
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  2. Takara

    Takara My goodness! I see turnips everywhere

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    I only recently installed IWD on my xp system. I got the autorun, and it installed fine. I think the problem lies with your cd, not a system incompatibility.
     
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    The install should work just fine...

    And I presume you're only looking at the set 100 last days of activity in the forum? There's a dropdown on the thread listing page where you can set it to show all topics.
     
    Taluntain, Mar 9, 2005
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    Tried the -lgntforce? That's the 'usual' way of installing stuff on XP/2000. Start -> Run -> Path to setup.exe or install.exe on the CD and the -lgntforce parameter. I.e. "F:/setup.exe -lgntforce", without the quotes.

    [Edit]Oh yeah, and you could at least write what the eror says ;)
     
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    I've been playing BG1/BG2/IWD1 on XP since 2002 with all the service packs as they came out.

    Never had a problem. :confused:
     
    Aces, Mar 10, 2005
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    -lgntforce?

    -WTF?

    Anyway, IWD1 should install just fine on WinXP. Sounds like a problem with your Windows install. Could even be the Installshield or somesuch. I've a feeling the issue is far deeper than you care for it to be.
     
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    -lgntforce, as far as I know, forces to skip the Windows compatibility check. Or something. Don't look at me like that, I just know it usually works :p
     
    Koki, Mar 10, 2005
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