Windows 7 Installation Problems

[ScarleTomato]

There is a landscapes theme that looks pretty nice IMO until i get my old pics back up. And apparently you can change the background on the login screen pretty easily.

tried copying the shortcut to dektop....It copies over ok, but says it can't run, it is missing a FFC10p.dll from my computer

yeah, i get that error as well, if i copy over the executable to the desktop, even in XP. Move the exe back into the folder and create a shortcut to it on the desktop. then modify the target in the shortcut you just made.

[sabrebattletank]

I sure don't like default girly color scheme.  I want something that looks like rocks and trees.

Rocks and trees aren't the most masculine of things either.

[GSH]

tried copying the shortcut to dektop....It copies over ok, but says it can't run, it is missing a FFC10p.dll from my computer

Check that ffc10p.dll exists in the target directory. That DLL is included in the initial install of BZ2, and also included in ta5/pb5.1 installs as that file changed slightly. The working directory (i.e. the "Start In" for the shortcut) might be wrong.

-- GSH

[AHadley]

There is a landscapes theme that looks pretty nice IMO until i get my old pics back up. And apparently you can change the background on the login screen pretty easily.
yeah, i get that error as well, if i copy over the executable to the desktop, even in XP. Move the exe back into the folder and create a shortcut to it on the desktop. then modify the target in the shortcut you just made.

It is very easy to change a logon screen in vista. Just replace a single Bitmap. I'll find the directory sometime if you like.

[BZSubmaximal]

Scarlet..say that again?

So...I copy the exe from the BZ 2 folder...onto desktop?

then?....Copy it?...or Drag it back into BZ 2 folder?...then modify it?

Explain it like ur explaining it to a 3rd grader....(with a keyboard)

[Red Devil]

Just place the shortcut on the desktop and modify it there.

I remembered there are /vista /novista commandline switches we can use so W7 doesn't try to use C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\Battlezone II

[Vid]

Put bzone.exe back in its original folder if its not already there.(Battlezone 2 folder)
right click bzone.exe

scroll to send to

select desktop(create shortcut)

Done!

At least on XP,  may be different on windows 7, in which case I'm of little use.  

Main thing is you want to create a shortcut,  do NOT move/copy bzone.exe, leave it in its home folder.

[BZSubmaximal]

RD has it right, regardless of where I put the shortcut...it doesn't show "swotches"....it just shows location:   :\ ( nada)

[AHadley]

Just add the switch to the end of the command line (location) like this:

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"C:\Program Files\Battlezone II\bzone.exe" /novista

[BZSubmaximal]

and in the "location"...it will not allow you to edit/add...anything....it just has that lonely  Location   \:

[Red Devil]

Yup, you're looking at the properties of bzone.exe and not its shortcut.

Follow Vid's instructions a couple posts back and you'll be good to go.

[BZSubmaximal]

Success....thanks to Vid/ SD/ RD...all contributed to a working 5.1  on win 7

[Red Devil]

Cool, and ZA, too. 

Now, get out there so we can shoot you repeatedly. 

[AHadley]

Oi, and me...

[BZSubmaximal]

AHad is right...thanx to him as well....like always in the BZUniverse...it's a community thing..