CTD when starting a campaign

Hi all. I've looked at the FAQ, but as far as I can see, nothing matches my problem.

I just installed EB on my 64-Bit Windows 7 machine through Steam. I'm able to start EB fine, but after I set my options, choose a faction and press the proceed arrow, I get the proper sound effect, followed by a freeze followed by RTW "has stopped working."

I've uninstalled/reinstalled 3 times now, two of those were with a fresh .exe file from the website. I tried running the install programs in compatibility mode for XP, but no dice. The problem happens in both 1.1 and 1.2

I have steam, so I had to install to program files.

Any ideas?

Huh. Found the answer to my problem. I followed the video guide posted here: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...084-steam-help

I'm not sure why/how that worked, but it did. /shrug