Windows 10: Failure to launch old game on W10

Discus and support Failure to launch old game on W10 in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I recently bought a game I enjoyed playing many moons ago: Football Manager 2007. After installing it, I was unable to launch it. First, it said I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Thor-MartinStrand, Jan 24, 2019.

  1. Failure to launch old game on W10


    I recently bought a game I enjoyed playing many moons ago: Football Manager 2007. After installing it, I was unable to launch it.

    First, it said I needed to log in with administrator privileges and try again - which was weird because I was already working as an admin.

    After checking the "run in compatibility mode" box, this disappeared, and the computer wanted me to give the program permission to make changes, which I granted. Then... nothing.


    When I try to launch the program, it asks for permission again, but nothing at all happens. It seems it doesn't launch at all. I can not understand why. I've updated every driver possible.

    Searching the www, I found several people struggling with the exact same thing when trying to launch an old game.


    One piece of information - I do not know if this is relevant - but I found it odd that when the system asks me if I want to grant the program permission, it says that the developer is unknown, not Sports Interactive..


    Anyways, greatful for your help on this.

    :)
     
    Thor-MartinStrand, Jan 24, 2019
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  2. Failure to launch old game on W10

    I recently bought a game I enjoyed playing many moons ago: Football Manager 2007. After installing it, I was unable to launch it.

    First, it said I needed to log in with administrator privileges and try again - which was weird because I was already working as an admin.

    After checking the "run in compatibility mode" box, this disappeared, and the computer wanted me to give the program permission to make changes, which I granted. Then... nothing.

    When I try to launch the program, it asks for permission again, but nothing at all happens. It seems it doesn't launch at all. I can not understand why. I've updated every driver possible.

    Searching the www, I found several people struggling with the exact same thing when trying to launch an old game.

    One piece of information - I do not know if this is relevant - but I found it odd that when the system asks me if I want to grant the program permission, it says that the developer is unknown, not Sports Interactive..

    Anyways, greatful for your help on this.
     
    Thor-MartinStrand, Dec 16, 2019
    #2
  3. BossDweeb Win User
    Failure to launch old game on W10

    The game is fully compatible with Win10 as are the vast majority of games. Particularly from 2004 onward.

    The ugly truth is MS have elected to prevent (or tried to) people from playing
    disc based games that use SafeDisk copy protection.

    This affects hundreds of disc based games.

    To make matters worse they didn't have the courtesy to also put an 'error' code into Win10 that informs people why the game

    will not launch, and instead allow them to be mislead and run around in circles when they read the bogus 'run as administrator ' error.

    - I have more details regarding DRM Blocking and a few other DRM issues in my post at

    ---this thread---


    - To run this and any disc based game that uses SafeDisk you will need to use a noCD fix/hack -

    /football-manager-2007


    This method is far less troublesome than running a VM .

    btw - DRM Blocking was introduced to Win7/8/8.1 via a 'security' update in 2015, so if they are kept up to date they also have this issue.
     
    BossDweeb, Dec 16, 2019
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  4. Failure to launch old game on W10

    Launching games

    Hi Wesley,

    Windows 10 is gamer-friendly by design. If an issue like being unable to launch a game happens, it can be caused by outdated display driver or other factors that cause conflict when launching the app. For us to better assist you, we'd like to ask for additional
    information. Please answer the following:

    • What build and version of Windows 10 are you using?
    • Are you getting an error message when launching the game?
    • Have you made any changes to the settings or installed updates prior to this issue?
    • What troubleshooting steps have you tried so far?
    • What specific games are you having issues with?

    We will wait for your response.
     
    Jennifer Cha, Dec 16, 2019
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