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I got the everquest starter package I have windows vista and got as far as downloading in the beginning stage but then we I clicked on the icon to what I though was to play it popped up with a patching bar! A error popped up that read Error: Could not download to file please rerun everquest.exe to try again! Well I have tryed to rerun millions of times it seems like and it comes up with the same thing! I do not know what to do I have read some similar problems and they said somthing about a dll file but I do not which ones or how to go about downloading these and if it would even fix my problem? Anything?
There's a know feature about EQ and Vista, and the fix is very simple. There are on the order of 700 threads here with the solution - not being a Vista user myself, I won't presume to explain it, but if you do a quick search in this forum, you'll get your answer.
Basically it's not your fault, and everything is working as intended - and you CAN play EQ, you just have to twaek a setting.
Basically it's not your fault, and everything is working as intended - and you CAN play EQ, you just have to twaek a setting.
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this is what I found on a guilds webpage while ago.......
1. Set the eqgame.exe file in your EQ folder and the EQ icon to 'Run as Administrator' (right-click, Properties, Compatibility tab)
2. While in the Compatibility tab, also check the box that says "Run this program in compatibility for:" And select Windows XP (Service Pack 2) from the drop down box.
3. **MOST IMPORTANTLY** Take off the UAC!! (User Access Control) This is the "Cancel or Allow" window deal that keeps coming up everytime you go to run something. This is found in your Control Panel, User Accounts. You should see an option that says "Turn User Access Control on or off" Turn that POS off.
The reason your "play" button isnt showing up is because the UAC isnt allowing your EQ files to be updated (if you looked at the properties of your EQ folder prior to disabling this you would notice that it is "Read-only" and no matter how many times you told it not to be read only, it wouldnt change).
Once UAC is off, re-run your patcher. If you dont have access to transfer the files from your old computer you will have a few hours of downloads to go through (even with the Platinum Edition). Alas, you should see the Play button once it is done.
1. Set the eqgame.exe file in your EQ folder and the EQ icon to 'Run as Administrator' (right-click, Properties, Compatibility tab)
2. While in the Compatibility tab, also check the box that says "Run this program in compatibility for:" And select Windows XP (Service Pack 2) from the drop down box.
3. **MOST IMPORTANTLY** Take off the UAC!! (User Access Control) This is the "Cancel or Allow" window deal that keeps coming up everytime you go to run something. This is found in your Control Panel, User Accounts. You should see an option that says "Turn User Access Control on or off" Turn that POS off.
The reason your "play" button isnt showing up is because the UAC isnt allowing your EQ files to be updated (if you looked at the properties of your EQ folder prior to disabling this you would notice that it is "Read-only" and no matter how many times you told it not to be read only, it wouldnt change).
Once UAC is off, re-run your patcher. If you dont have access to transfer the files from your old computer you will have a few hours of downloads to go through (even with the Platinum Edition). Alas, you should see the Play button once it is done.
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