Quote Originally Posted by Kensei
Hi everyone, I bought shogun total war gold edition some years ago, played and loved it but since then I've got a new PC with vista on ( I know it sucks lol) and I couldn't get my old copy to work. Determined as I am to play it again I purchased another copy, only to find I have the same problem.

The game loads but as soon as I try to play a campaign it stops running and crashes. If anyone has any advice on how to get it working it would be greatly appreciated :) .

P.S. I have tried EA's website already and no joy.
Try this:

Locate the .exe file that runs the game. so, shogunw.exe
Right click it
click properties
click compatibility
enable 'run this program in the following compatibily mode'
select windows 98

click ok

Then try again. This is a basic solution that seems to help for some software, not for others.. well, good luck! If doesn't help, I have no clue how to help you.