A few weeks ago I installed JK on Windows XP (for some reason I didn't think it would work, so I never bothered) and it worked fine. I uninstalled it a while ago, and now I installed it again to create a JKA map.

Now, first off it can't "find" the .exe and it doesn't show an icon, just the Windows default file icon in the start menu shortcut.

I checked where it was pointing, and it is looking in the right place. If I launch JK.exe or JEDI.exe the screen just flickers and thats that. Nothing more. Whats confusing me the most is that I had it running a few weeks ago perfectly.

Any ideas? I need to get it running before the JKA map contest is over. Reinstalling doesn't help.

EDIT: No compatibility setting works.


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[This message has been edited by Sol (edited December 22, 2003).]

That's mighty weird. Installed and uninstalled it countless times on XP and never had a problem.

It might be a file system glitch. Maybe you should run ScanDisk or some other HDD error-checking utility. They can sometimes fix incredibly mysterious bugs such as this.

Try launching it from the console.

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I'll try scandisk.

Whats the console?
(I'm surprised I don't know what it is, I'm a Windows wiz)

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Massassian since: March 12, 2001

[=-"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does;
Even if you murdered or robbed, years wrong, but God loves;
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you;
Even when all else fail, God supports you." - Nas-=]

Start->Run->cmd

DOS-style command prompt.

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And running it from there won't make a difference. It runs the same API call as double-clicking the EXE from Windows Explorer.
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[This message has been edited by Fardreamer (edited December 22, 2003).]

*Bump*

Anyone else?

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Massassian since: March 12, 2001

[=-"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does;
Even if you murdered or robbed, years wrong, but God loves;
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you;
Even when all else fail, God supports you." - Nas-=]

Uninstall then reinstall... it might work..

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Well I've done that like 10 times. Just out of the blue it does this now, had it running fine before.

I'm pissed because I made a level for the JKA contest and now I cannot test it.

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Massassian since: March 12, 2001

[=-"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does;
Even if you murdered or robbed, years wrong, but God loves;
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you;
Even when all else fail, God supports you." - Nas-=]

Erm... reinstall DirectX? That's the only thing I can think of...

I don't think thats the problem. I just found out that I can't even run the analyzer to test my computer. It says that its "Unable to start" it and it say to make sure to have the CD in the drive. Considering I'M RUNNING IT FROM THE CD. FFS I'm so pissed...

EDIT: Nm about that, I tried it in my other BETTER drive and it works fine.

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Massassian since: March 12, 2001

[=-"The hardest thing is to forgive, but God does;
Even if you murdered or robbed, years wrong, but God loves;
Take one step toward him, he takes two toward you;
Even when all else fail, God supports you." - Nas-=]

[This message has been edited by Sol (edited December 24, 2003).]