I have an idea there can be a problem with Emperor & Pharaoh if P's part of the Great Empires bundle ... but I'm not sure, so I'll move this to tech help where someone should be able to help you.

Quoted from Keith Heitmann:

After having suffered through nearly a month of being w/o a PC (my old PII gave up the ghost after 5yrs), I'm finally back online with a new computer. It's a P4, 2.20GHz, 80GB, flat screen with alot of bells and whistles. Anyway, what this new PC allows me to do is to install all of my favorite CB games and many others. I happened to pick up a copy of the Great Empires Collection several months ago so I thought I'd go ahead and install those games instead of my old original copies. Everything was going great until I installed Pharaoh...then Emperor, that's when I experienced exactly the same problem as Frostbyte, so I decided to visit the friendliest forum on the net to ask for help and lo and behold there's already a thread addressing this very issue...Thanks Pecunia for that indepth explanation, that was precisely what I was looking for. Problem is, when I went into my "Program Files" I can't find the "InstallShield Installation Information" file folder...any ideas where else to look?

Boy...I can't tell you how much I missed this place...it's great to be back.

StarKey

After marking your C-drive in the left side of Explorer you turn on show hidden files in Windows Explorer --> Show --> Foldersettings --> 'Show' pane.
Remove Check at hide file extensions for known filetypes (makes it easier to open the correct file if there are 2 with same name + makes it more difficult to send you a virus using email as you now can see the full filename on attachments to mails)
Under Hidden files mark 'Show all files'

Click the button 'As this folder' at the top of the window.
Click 'Apply'
Click OK all the way out.
You should now be able to see the folder (+ some more files and folders you didn't know exists)

[This message has been edited by Proconsul Creaticus Dania (edited 09-22-2003 @ 08:02 AM).]

I think what I've decided to do however is to not install the Pharaoh program from the "Great Empires II" disk and instead reinstall my old original disk and D/L the patch. I'll then install another Pharaoh into a different folder and add Cleo to that. I had at one time a dual install and rather enjoyed having that option.

My question now is this, Pecunia, you had mentioned earlier there was a known conflict between the GEII Pharaoh disk and Emperor (not a part of the GEII set), what I'm wondering is whether there is any conflict between the other GEII games (C3,Zeus,Poseidon) and Emperor or is just with Pharaoh and is it safe to have those disks (C3,Ze,Po) installed or need I go back to my old disks?

Thanks both of you for your help...it's truly appreciated!!

StarKey

*On the Tools menu in Windows Explorer, click Folder Options.
Click the View tab.
Under Hidden files and folders, click Show hidden files and folders.
On Win98SE it is in both View and Tools, talk about confusing

[This message has been edited by Proconsul Creaticus Dania (edited 09-22-2003 @ 01:52 PM).]

That's OK PCD, I understand there are so many variables and different system setups on all of our PC's. I, by the way, have WinXP HomeEdition. Your original suggestion of the search feature was spot on, I'm still learning and every step forward expands my knowledge.

So, I went ahead and installed my old Pharaoh disk, went back to my desktop and.... no Emperor!!...gone... just an empty file folder like before... I'm so confused., I had Pharaoh and Emperor both properly installed on my old PC, but know... I don't know what's up. I guess I could try that prefix trick suggested by Pecunia.

I did install the C3, Zeus/Poseidon GEII disks and they seem to be working properly.... it's just that darn Pharaoh/Emperor conflict that has me fuming!!

Oh well, Onward on upward!!

StarKey

*edited* spelling

[This message has been edited by StarKey (edited 09-23-2003 @ 00:11 AM).]