Annoying and confusing problem after installing either Media Pack or Altarian Prophecy
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The Problem I have is that while I can install and run Galactic Civilizations on my laptop, if I install either Altarian Prophecy or the GC Media pack (or both) then reset the laptop, I can not run either Galactic Civilizations or Altarian Prophecy.
What makes this annoying, and confusing is that I can install the Altarian Prophecy and/or the GC Media pack and be able to play them (Galactic Civilizations and Altarian Prophecy) if I do not reset the Laptop (this includes shutting it down)
This is not limited to just Galactic Civilizations, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 also suffers from the same problems (I can not run it after installing Altarian Prophecy or the GC Media pack and resetting)
To summarise:
Install GC
-Can run GC and VS2003
Reset Laptop
-Can run GC and VS2003
Install either Altarian Prophecy or the GC Media pack (or both)
-Can run GC and VS2003 (and GC:AP if installed)
Reset Laptop
--Both GC and VS2003 can not be run (Same with GC:AP)
The problem with VS2003 do not disappear by removing Altarian Prophecy and the GC Media pack, the only way I have found is to use System Restore
The only thing that I can think of is that the installers for Altarian Prophecy or the GC Media pack need to replace a locked file, or several and one of these files is the cause of these.
NOTE: I could run the GC Demo without any problems
What makes this annoying, and confusing is that I can install the Altarian Prophecy and/or the GC Media pack and be able to play them (Galactic Civilizations and Altarian Prophecy) if I do not reset the Laptop (this includes shutting it down)
This is not limited to just Galactic Civilizations, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 also suffers from the same problems (I can not run it after installing Altarian Prophecy or the GC Media pack and resetting)
To summarise:
Install GC
-Can run GC and VS2003
Reset Laptop
-Can run GC and VS2003
Install either Altarian Prophecy or the GC Media pack (or both)
-Can run GC and VS2003 (and GC:AP if installed)
Reset Laptop
--Both GC and VS2003 can not be run (Same with GC:AP)
The problem with VS2003 do not disappear by removing Altarian Prophecy and the GC Media pack, the only way I have found is to use System Restore
The only thing that I can think of is that the installers for Altarian Prophecy or the GC Media pack need to replace a locked file, or several and one of these files is the cause of these.
NOTE: I could run the GC Demo without any problems
