Crashing at front screen

[cookfl]

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I've been having - so far I've been seeing Darkest Hour crash to desktop with usual 'Darkest Hour has stopped working' message every time I start it up. The red bar fills to full and then the crash.

I've tried all the usual renaming of sfx and avi, UAC turned off, changing resolution, data execution exceptions etc. but it doesn't seem to solve the problem. I have the same issue with AoD and vanilla HOI II as well (crashing on 'Initializing Globals') , so it must be something quite fundamental.

I'm running the Steam versions on 64-bit Vista.

Thanks in advance.

 

[MartinBG]

You can try:
- complete re-install
- run the game as Administrator
- installation into an unprotected by Windows folder (like C:\Games\Darkest Hour)

 

[cookfl]

I'm afraid this hasn't worked. I was once able to get AoD working by changing DEP but that seems to have not been permanent. Are there any other solutions?

 

[MartinBG]

Sorry, but if all 3 games (DH, AOD, Armageddon) doesn't work for you even after a clean game re-install, then it could be only a computer or Windows issue.