Windows 10: fallout 3 will not open

hi there readers. I bought fallout 3:special edition (in disc form) and installed both discs on my laptop. When I went back to disc 1 to open it ,the menu was there, but when I pressed start, it said ``could not locate file in c:/windows/system32/xlive.dll``.

I found someone with a similar problem ,but when I tried the suggestion given, I realised that I wasn't signed into Xbox live I'm not sure what to do

thank you for any replies given.

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running Fallout 3 from disk on windows 10

Hello,

Thank you for bringing up your query on Microsoft Community.

We sincerely regret for the inconvenience caused.

• What happens when the disk is inserted?
• Do you receive any error message\code?

You may refer to the suggestions by BossDweebe in the following thread and check
if it helps.

Fallout 3 not running on win10

Fallout 3 not running on win10

Hope it helps.

Kindly let us know if you need any assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

 

Fallout 3 on Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you are unable to play Fallout 3. We will assist you to resolve the issue.

To assist you better, I would like to know whether you receive any error message.

This issue may arise due to the compatibility issue.

I suggest you to run the game in compatibility mode and check if it helps to resolve the issue.

Run the program in Compatibility mode, please follow the below steps:

1) Right click on the Program

2) Click on Properties

3) Click on Compatibility tab

4) Select Run this program in compatibility mode and select the operating system as Windows 8 or accordingly from the drop down list.

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.

 

Fallout 3 Crashing

Not quite sure if this is the solution to your particular problem, but this bug is known as a major issue. If you have ffdshow, either from CCCP or other source, there is a known incompatibility that happens if Fallout 3 isn't added to the exception list.

Search for FFDshow in the start menu of windows and then open the audio and video decoder configurations, and there should be an info and debug section with an exception list. Just add your fallout .exe and hopefully that solves the problem.

Hope that's the ticket!