Technical issue

**Mithrandir** · 12-11-2006, 23:20

Welcome

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**tehk** · 12-11-2006, 23:25

I was looking around the registry (don't try this at home!) and was able to find the culprit: a Total War folder with nothing in it. :P

Solved! Time to game!

**bamff** · 12-11-2006, 23:44

Great to hear tehk! Rip into it!

**drone** · 12-12-2006, 00:45

Welcome to the Org, tehk!

And welcome back to MTW.

They always come back!

**Martok** · 12-12-2006, 01:35

Welcome (back?) to the Org, tehk! Glad you got your game working.

**naut** · 12-12-2006, 01:45

Originally Posted by tehk

I was looking around the registry (don't try this at home!) and was able to find the culprit: a Total War folder with nothing in it. :P

How irritating.

Originally Posted by tehk

Solved! Time to game!

**Adrian II** · 12-15-2006, 23:12

Originally Posted by tehk

I was looking around the registry (don't try this at home!) and was able to find the culprit: a Total War folder with nothing in it. :P

Solved! Time to game!

Good for you!

And by all means, do try this at home! Everyone should be informed enough to be able to open, check and modify their registry, lest they want all kinds of junk to collect on their hard disc and really slow down their comp over time.

For starters, I would recommend RegCleaner.

**caravel** · 12-15-2006, 23:31

Yea, some installers simply look for the registry key and if it's there assume that the game is still installed. Being able to go in and clean up the mess is a big advantage. You can't rely on windows to simply "work" and do everything right, and automatically, because alot of the time it doesn't. It's not perfect and as Adrian II said, does accumulate alot of junk.

**marcusbrutus** · 12-16-2006, 00:37

Just an addition - Always save a back-up copy of your registry before changing anything. It can be as simple as copying the file and renaming it .bak instead of .reg

Just in case...