Strange, I installed AOE Gold several times without any of this. The problem is install is stuck on 100%, unless you run it in compatibility mode for Windows 98/ME: go to the disc main folder, right-click on AOESETUP.exe, Properties - Compatibility - Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows 98/ Windows ME. Then start AOESETUP.exe. Do not set compatibility mode for other game files, only the setup and only if you can't install otherwise.

well, i just upgraded from win 8.1 to win 10. I had a previous version of aoe and ror installed. Works fine, no change.

I just upgraded to windows 10 and now its all colour shifted so the green and reds aren't aligned...it looks like 3D without the glasses. Anyone else have this and have any ideas how to fix it?

I guess I'll staying with windows 8 :P

@windows10help: this sounds like a driver problem. Try to update to the latest drivers (or at least reinstall them, it might help).

Windows 10 was quite rushed and personally I wouldn't use it for now (not to mention I find the intensive spying on MS side and the crappy interface extremely annoying). Contrary to the aggressive advertising and "reviews" made by some sites, there is no significant advantage of using 10 for the average desktop user (unless you want to talk with your computer). At least not until there are enough good DirectX 12 games and only if you have the hardware for them.

The 98/me compatibility installation seemed to work fine. However, the screen resolution is way off - a good couple of inches on the right and bottom side are cut off. Has anyone run into this, and how do you fix this? Thanks a lot!

You must have messed something up, with UPatch HD installed select the same resolution as your screen.

hello everybody,

my six pence worth here...
the o.p. title was "windows 10 install", installing aoe on to windows 10. i had my aoe run off an iso, p.c. doesn't have a cd/dvd drive (original archived...some centuries ago). i installed it on to w7, upgraded to w10 through the ms free upgrade programme. all worked fine, aoe was happily playing away. then a few days ago i installed the latest update...and for some reason, the mouse in the game didn't work too well, flickered etc. i uninstalled and tried to install. i got a repeating error that it didn't install and to try again from the install screen etc. i tried what iaindude said, install in safe mode...in a round about way it worked. i logged back in as administrator, in normal mode, it installed. when i logged in as my regular user (part of administrators) it had the error insert the cd in the cd rom drive..i unmounted the iso, re-mounted it..rebooted and it worked..somehow. now i can't be certain of the exact process i used to make it work, the crux of this is that "installing" on to windows 10, in safe mode is the way to go.

summary...
install directly on to w10-may not work
install onto w7 yes
install onto w7 and upgrade to w10 worked.

the o.p. from my attempt, is correct-key work INSTALL.

regards . . .

rammy121

hello guys......as i was disquast with the games on the market i found my old and beloved AGE OF EMPIRES II. Itried to istall it in my pc which runs windows 10 with no luck.I put the original cd to the cd rom i close it and nothing ....... dosnt start...(the cd rom works)....when i go to my pc folder i double click there the cd rom and starts to play the music and thats all.Can anyone please help me how am i going to istall my precious?

Enable compatibility mode and administrator settings (right click the .exe, properties). This forum is for the original Age of Empires 1 only, visit aok.heavengames.com for help on Age of Empires II/Age of Kings.

I encountered an issue with a fresh install of AoE Gold myself on Win 10. If you get the x020222 (something like this) error when trying to run the game - you can solve this by going to Windows Settings - Turn on or off Windows Features - Legacy Support - Enable DirectPlay.

Thanks Phatfish!

Hi Phatfish I am getting the same error message but, as a bit of an old git, I don't know how to get to Windows Settings Legacy supprt etc. I have tried but need a pointer. TIA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qgcFpxUNBg

This should help you.

Thanks

Always was able to install on 10, no issue here

This guy has no idea what he is talking about...

...have a cup of tea.

- phat

[This message has been edited by PhatFish (edited 07-21-2018 @ 01:50 PM).]

I managed to install AOE Gold edition from CD by running the installer in compatibility mode. It seems I also need compatibility mode to play the game, at least before patching it. (The Gold CD only had empires.exe v1.0b and empiresx.exe v1.0.)

Everything seems to work fine, except the display of entered text in text fields (especially the chat field). Could be a side-effect of the dark theme I have applied in Windows.

I have that too, seems to be occuring regardless of windows themes.

Hello guys, I am using Win10. I have the AOE Gold Edition on ISO, mounted, then clicked the Compatibility mode on Win98/Win ME but nothing happened. It says it needs an older Windows version. What can I do? I have the Definitive Edition but I would prefer playing the old Custom Campaigns and Scenarios on the classic version since the graphics are quite different and the feel is not the same, plus the AI differences make some old campaigns unplayable.

I wish the developers had put an option to play on Classic mode for the entire game and not only the Random Maps.

At least I have my old Win8 laptop where the original AOE is installed. I also had Rise of Rome and it played smoothly until a couple days ago it just got deleted from my laptop. I didn't do anything myself; altough the laptop has many issues and I wonder how it still is operating.

Anyway, I redownloaded ROR and installed but before completion a pop up kept appearing saying that the "uninst.exe" cannot be found and the istall is terminated. Does anybody have any clue what's going on? Or am I stuck with one the Definitive Edition?

Any help appreciated.