Trouble with some old games

Highperf15 · 22-July-07, 05:41 AM

I installed some old games for my wife to play on my new system. The games are PopCap games "Dynomite" , "DigbyDonuts" and "Cubis 2" which are all Shockwave games.

Here's the issue: The games boot-up fine, but immeadiately minimize back down to the toolbar when ever the mouse moves. I've installed all the Shockwave stuff and still the problem continues.

Any advice?:furious3:

eascarface · 22-July-07, 03:20 PM

Are you running them in Vista or XP? Try running them in admin mode & compatibility mode if your in Vista or just compatability mode in XP. Just right click on the icon and select the compatability tab.

Highperf15 · 22-July-07, 05:36 PM

Running in XP and I did set the compatibility mode in the properties to Win98.....:furious3:

4x0n · 22-July-07, 07:02 PM

Hmm aren't these shockwave games "native" on XP? :angrygame

Highperf15 · 22-July-07, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4x0n


	Hmm aren't these shockwave games "native" on XP? :angrygame

I believe so.......They worked before on my other system that had XP.......I just don't understand the "Minimizing" thing and what's causing it.

thedemonxanth · 24-July-07, 09:41 PM

Any funky cursors installed or skin/theme software like Window Blinds?

Highperf15 · 24-July-07, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedemonxanth


	Any funky cursors installed or skin/theme software like Window Blinds?

Well, I do have Windowblinds and ObjectDock installed. Now, the funny thing happened, I just finished installing Thoosje SideBar which contains the following registry Key that needed to be installed prior to the software install:

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r ]

" C P U _ b g " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" T R _ t h e s " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" T R _ y a h o o " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" T R _ a v i s t a " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" T R _ a m a z o n " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" T R _ d i c t " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" T R _ w i k i " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" T R _ b a c k g r o u n d " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" T R _ g o o g l e " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

" B a t t - M a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" C P U _ b g 2 " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" R e c y c l e - b i n - b g " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" H D D _ m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" h d d _ 2 _ m a s t e r _ u l t i m a t e " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" v s a _ m s n " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" v s a _ w i k i " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" v s a _ a v i s t a " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" v s a _ t h e s " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" v s a _ g o o g l e " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

" v s a _ a m a z o n " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" v s a _ d i c t " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" v s a _ y a h o o " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" v s a _ b a c k g r o u n d " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" S i d e b a r _ C l o c k _ M a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" w m p _ m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" S t i c k y _ m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" C a l c u l a t o r - m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" c a l l e n d e r _ m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" r s s _ m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" P i c t u r e _ m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" s y s t e m - u p t i m e - m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" W e a t h e r _ m a s t e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" M a i l c h e c k e r " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

" S i m p l e R U N _ B A S E " = d w o r d : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ B a t t ]

" Y " = " 1 5 0 "

" X " = " 2 1 5 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ C a l c u l a t o r ]

" Y " = " 1 7 1 "

" X " = " 1 9 6 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ C a l l e n d e r ]

" Y " = " 1 9 9 "

" X " = " 3 7 7 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ C l o c k ]

" C u r r e n t s k i n " = " N o r m a l "

" Y " = " 1 0 "

" X " = " 3 1 0 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ C l o c k - h o u r ]

" C u r r e n t s k i n " = " N o r m a l "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ C l o c k - M i n u t e ]

" C u r r e n t s k i n " = " N o r m a l "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ C P U ]

" Y " = " 3 5 7 "

" X " = " 3 2 8 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ G o o g l e ]

" Y " = " 1 6 4 "

" X " = " 3 1 6 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ H D D ]

" Y " = " 2 8 1 "

" X " = " 2 6 1 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ h d d - d ]

" Y " = " 2 1 5 "

" X " = " 2 8 3 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ I P ]

" Y " = " 1 0 6 "

" X " = " 3 2 8 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ M a i l ]

" Y " = " 3 5 8 "

" X " = " 2 6 8 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ p i c t u r e ]

" Y " = " 8 3 "

" X " = " 2 3 3 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ r e c y c l e ]

" Y " = " 1 2 3 "

" X " = " 3 2 4 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ R S S ]

" Y " = " 1 4 5 "

" X " = " 2 5 1 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ R S S _ G a d g e t ]

" U R L " = " h t t p : / / r s s . c n n . c o m / r s s / c n n _ t o p s t o r i e s . r s s "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ R U N ]

" Y " = " 2 1 6 "

" X " = " 2 7 8 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ S k i n ]

" C u r r e n t s k i n " = " B l a c k - g l a s s "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ S t i c k i e ]

" Y " = " 1 4 6 "

" X " = " 2 9 7 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ T o r r e n t ]

" Y " = " 1 1 1 "

" X " = " 3 5 0 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ U p t i m e ]

" Y " = " 1 3 3 "

" X " = " 2 8 8 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ W e a t h e r ]

" Y " = " 2 7 3 "

" X " = " 2 6 4 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ W e a t h e r _ m e n u ]

" Y " = " 2 7 8 "

" X " = " 1 3 6 "

[ H K E Y _ C U R R E N T _ U S E R \ S o f t w a r e \ W i n d o w s S i d e b a r \ W M P ]

" Y " = " 2 2 7 "

" X " = " 6 9 "

Well, this seem to fix whatever problem I was having with those games.....Hmmmmm

Highperf15 · 26-July-07, 03:53 AM

Well, the problem suddenly came back..........:furious3:

Master Yunk · 26-July-07, 10:44 PM

I take it you've ran all the standard "Keep your PC clean and tidy" routine?

Highperf15 · 27-July-07, 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Master Yunk


	I take it you've ran all the standard "Keep your PC clean and tidy" routine?

Well, let's see.........Defrag, scandisk, registry checker, Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D.....

Master Yunk · 29-July-07, 08:31 PM

Roll back a direct X version or update?

22-July-07, 05:41 AM		#1 (permalink)
Highperf15 a.k.a., Frank Bullitt	Trouble with some old games I installed some old games for my wife to play on my new system. The games are PopCap games "Dynomite" , "DigbyDonuts" and "Cubis 2" which are all Shockwave games. Here's the issue: The games boot-up fine, but immeadiately minimize back down to the toolbar when ever the mouse moves. I've installed all the Shockwave stuff and still the problem continues. Any advice?:furious3:

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22-July-07, 03:20 PM		#2 (permalink)
eascarface Apex Tech God	Are you running them in Vista or XP? Try running them in admin mode & compatibility mode if your in Vista or just compatability mode in XP. Just right click on the icon and select the compatability tab.

22-July-07, 05:36 PM		#3 (permalink)
Highperf15 a.k.a., Frank Bullitt	Running in XP and I did set the compatibility mode in the properties to Win98.....:furious3:

22-July-07, 07:02 PM		#4 (permalink)
4x0n Proud New Daddy	Hmm aren't these shockwave games "native" on XP? :angrygame

24-July-07, 09:41 PM		#6 (permalink)
thedemonxanth Apex Tech Fanatic Supreme	Any funky cursors installed or skin/theme software like Window Blinds?

26-July-07, 03:53 AM		#8 (permalink)
Highperf15 a.k.a., Frank Bullitt	Well, the problem suddenly came back..........:furious3:

26-July-07, 10:44 PM		#9 (permalink)
Master Yunk D.O.A. Tournament Champion	I take it you've ran all the standard "Keep your PC clean and tidy" routine?

29-July-07, 08:31 PM		#11 (permalink)
Master Yunk D.O.A. Tournament Champion	Roll back a direct X version or update?