Wierd problem. Game refuses to start, unless..

[boysey]

Hi, I've looked through all the topics and have found nothing related to my problem, so i'm not even sure you guys can help...

Basically, I install the game and can play it fine. I get off the game and come back to play it again later and I get the Windows XP error message.

Now I checked my little warnings report, as I assume this is where the problem will be shown and I get this :

W40K started at 2004-11-06 11:07
OS NT 5.1, 512MB Physical Memory
RUN-OPTIONS
WORKING-DIR C:\Program Files\THQ\Dawn of War
USER Christie

11:07:51.9 PLATFORM -- Duplicate instance of app
11:07:51.9 APP -- The Application Failed to Initialize the Platform Window
11:07:51.9 AppInitGlobal -- Failed load for step: ''

Application closed without errors

The only way I can play the game is uninstall it, then re-install it again and playing it straight away.

Any help would be muchly appreciated

[Moe]

That warning is usually displayed when you start the game twice, like when you double-click on it multiple times.
Can you play it a couple of times or only once per reboot?

[boysey]

I can play it as much as I want until I reboot the computer. Then I have to un-install, then re-install to play again.

I's nothing to do with double clicking though

[Moe]

You're not the first one to have this problem. I don't remember if we ever found a fix for it, though. I'll see if I can dig up the old thread tomorrow.

[boysey]

Thanks that's much appreciated!

[boysey]

Obviously no one has a clue, including me. I have noticed though that it stops working permanently once I use Media Player.
Any ideas on that anyone?

[Moe]

This is getting increasingly weird. I wasn't able to find the old thread, it appears to be hiding from me.
Ok, do you get any additional errors?
Oh, and please post a log from http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt.

[apallohadas]

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthre...316#post184316

or

http://forums.relicnews.com/showthread.php?t=42767

There's the thread I think you're looking for Moe.

Folks might need more info to help, but a dxdiag (use the CODE command to post it ) might help a bit to see your system specs.

Did you have a demo version installed at some point?

I recommend downloading a registry key cleaner. Uninstall Warhammer, clean your registry, reboot, then reinstall up to the current patch. If it's a stuck key, that could fix it.

Oh, and what version of media player are you using?