cant play game at all!!!!

[dubdan]

hi all ..wow big prob here.iv played online for a while now and recently started to download mods,iv had no problem till i downloaded the "leftoutunits" mod..icant play online or the actual game..yes iv gottin rid of everything deleted the hole lot from my hdd..and still it wont let me play.iv both dow and winter assualt..iv even bought em both again to reinstall em but still the goddamn thing wont f###ing play!!! can anyone help me out here im all out of ideas thanks loads :moo:

[Stormsong]

For starters, you could post your warnings.log AND dxdiag.txt. (http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=57900) "It won't play" is also a bit vague. Could you maybe be a little more descriptive? Does the game load, do you get error messages, and so on.

[dubdan]

well the first dow says its installed even though iv deleted it completly,the title screen comes up,and instead of saying "install game" its says play..but when i click it it wont play it just sits there not loading no waring messages or anything?im not great with computers either which prob wont help matters..apericating the help =)

[TBS]

You need to delete the DoW registry entries:

Start > run > type "regedit" > navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\THQ\Dawn of War\ > delete that folder.

You should now be able to reinstall the game.

[dubdan]

thank for the help people..emm TBS ifollowed what you said but it says that the file dosnt excist? iwent into the hdd and deleted the hole thq folder with all the dow in it?any more suggestions will be great thanx people.:D :D :D

[Proteus]

Wow, thanks for the heads up. I had actually downloaded that mod but hadn't installed it yet.

[TBS]

At what point does it say the file does not exist? Are you saying that your computer cannot run regedit?

[dubdan]

ifollowed xactly what you said and nothinhappend at all.the comp says regedit is not valid with win32 ??? ahh im so lost with this

[Stormsong]

Try this then: Go to your C:\WINDOWS folder and run regedit.exe from there. Then proceed as described above.

[Proteus]

I'm seeing a few instances where people can't play or even install DOW because of Windows registry issues (a dangerous place for casual Windows users to be tinkering around).

Question: Is this by any chance related to DOW's copy protection scheme? Because I am all for a copy protection scheme, and I agree that copy protection schemes utilizing the Windows registry are efficient (unless or until there are secure, safer methods). However, if this is the case, it is a disservice to customers to leave it up to them to fix registry problems caused by copy protection software installed by the game's producer/developer. The uninstallation program SHOULD include uninstallation of registry entries. If this is impossible (and I doubt that it is), the process for making necessary changes should be made clear in the manual.

[TBS]

Proteus: certainly in this case it appears that the issue is with the user's computer - if they cannot run regegedit from start > run then theres a definate problem there. Storm's solution will work for him, however.

now, as far as I am aware the DoW uninstaller does, normally, remove the registry keys (I may check this myself later) - this problem could be caused by people deleting the install folder rather than doing a proper uninstall or by a problem with the uninstaller on their machines (possibly caused by security software protecting the registry - but that is just wild speculation on my part).

[dubdan]

Omg I Love You Stromsong Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Its Working Thanx Folks Thank F###in Loads Yyeeesss

[dubdan]

awwwhh celebrated to soon =( the first one worked after i deleted the file from the...mm thingy lol..iwent tru the c:\windows and got rid that folder and that worked.the first game will play but winter wont..(it will install but won play ?)

[Proteus]

Dubdan: see my post about this (http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=105491) (the second part). This might be unrelated to your first problem, and easy to fix.

TBS: I can totally see people deleting their directory instead of uninstalling, I bet that's common. But yeah, if you know how to find out whether the installer removes keys, that would be interesting to know. And yeah, I wonder if some virus programs could be obstructing the removal.

[dubdan]

thank for the help but cant get it workin :handbag: bialso have another prop *sigh* icnt play online it wnt let me in it keeps sayin "cd authecation failed" anyone no how to slove this and get me back online?? cheers ppl :wave: