Windows 7 Running 32bit games on 64bit.

jmcko19 · Oct 24, 2009

Hey guys, Over the last few days I've been having this issue with a handful of games. No matter what compatibility mode I run them in, they just won't install, saying I need the 32x OS. Here are two example error messages I'm getting: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f179/Killimus/batmanerror.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f179/Killimus/grim-error-epp.jpg I've heard of something called WOW64 built into Windows that might help, but I don't know how to enable it.

Gpruitt54 · Nov 11, 2009

Have you tried to run the setup.exe for the specific games as the Administrator.

Yeah, it sounds extreme, but it may be worth giving it a try.

- Open the CD contents in file explorer.
- Right-click on the Setup for the game.
- From the popup, select Run as Administrator.
- Following the prompts from that point as normal for the game.

nmsuk · Oct 25, 2009

It's probably the installer being 16bit which isn't suppoerted in 64bit windows.

rbridgeman · Nov 2, 2009

Batman Arkham Asylum works on W7, no problems; however, I'm not sure why you're receiving that message.

Gpruitt54 · Nov 11, 2009

Have you tried to run the setup.exe for the specific games as the Administrator.

Yeah, it sounds extreme, but it may be worth giving it a try.

- Open the CD contents in file explorer.
- Right-click on the Setup for the game.
- From the popup, select Run as Administrator.
- Following the prompts from that point as normal for the game.

Windows 7 Running 32bit games on 64bit.

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