Installing EB _ no go

**Tellos Athenaios** · 04-01-2009, 04:45

What is your Operating System? "The installer considered an MS-DOS application" does not sound like you use Windows at all. (Or it would have to be something ancient...)

**HopAlongBunny** · 04-01-2009, 06:39

OS is WindowsXP Pro :)

The problem is not the OS; the exe are not directed toward anything so I have been experimenting with "pointing" them toward targets where I think they might do something.

**bovi** · 04-01-2009, 14:21

1. Sorry, I think we have a bit different lingo. I don't get what you mean by "pointing the MS-DOS exes to targets". Are you talking about a shortcut? Have you actually installed the mod, rather than moving the EB11.exe and EB12.exe somewhere?

2. Where have you installed RTW?
3. Where have you installed EB 1.1?
4. Where have you installed EB 1.2 (the answer to this question needs to be the same as the answer to the previous one)?
5. What precisely is your shortcut target?

**HopAlongBunny** · 04-01-2009, 19:14

That's just it. I don't think I have installed anything.

Following the links: downloaded EB1.1.exe; EB12.exe; scriptfixes12_2; sprites12; and edb.zip.

unpacked zip to Rome; the exe's did nothing, mainly because they did not have any program target when I went into "properties"; that's what I've been diddling with in my own limited way to get them to do something besides return an error.

Now when I directed the EB1.1.exe on my desktop to C:\User\<name>\Totalwar; it spit out the EB1.1 DOS shortcut, a "preferences" and a "saves" folder (all to desktop). In "properties" the DOS shortcut did not go to any program and would return an error message. I moved the DOS shortcut into the \Totalwar folder and edited it to point at the Rome.exe; so it runs Rome. I think all I have done is create an unnecessary shortcut to the Rome.exe.

So far, all I have got is 2 exe files that do nothing on their own and are impossible to delete. I realize I must be doing something wrong...the numerous fans of EB show me its possible to get it, and have it work

I should also note; I do not have a client for torrent downloads (have never needed it)

edit: I think I have solved part of the problem; the dl I have is EB1.1.exe and is size 0 (same with the EB12.exe) I am now dl'ing EB1.1.exe size 786mb...this might explain something :)
edit2: ok, I think I've made progress :p Both exe's I dl'ed from the org ftp were 0 byte shortcuts; found and dl'ed proper EB1.1.exe and EB12.exe, will carefully unpack and install these :)

**HopAlongBunny** · 04-01-2009, 23:52

It works!

With the proper files downloaded it all installed w/o a hitch.

I got the 1.1 from the download forum here at the .org and 1.2 from the "MegaUpload" link at EB.
The .orgFTP link on the site simply downloaded shortcuts, not the full program.

I feel this may explain some of the posts where people have been unable to get EB to work: they don't have the files. The only issue now is how to get rid of the "empty" EB1.1 and 1.2 exe's; every time I try to delete them I get "program in use..."; any help with this issue would be very welcome :)

Thank you very much for enduring my whining and seeking to aid me

**Tollheit** · 04-02-2009, 02:49

Originally Posted by HopAlongBunny

The only issue now is how to get rid of the "empty" EB1.1 and 1.2 exe's; every time I try to delete them I get "program in use..."; any help with this issue would be very welcome :)

http://www.gibinsoft.net/gipoutils/fileutil/index.htm