Windows vista game instalation help!?!?

Question

i just got a new laptop for graduation and it CAME WITH windows vista, i bought 2 games along with more windows xp games, the 2 vista made games i bought are
-lego starwars 2
-flight simulator x

the only problem though is that when i install them everything goes all fine then the instalation stops. in no parts of the instalation does it ask if you would like to create a shortcut.after the instalation is done and you press finish, when you go to the "all programs" theres no place ( at least that i can find) where the games are saved to. i have flight sim and lego star wars installed but no way to play them, whenever you put in the disk it asks , would you like to remove all data ( unintsall) the game. and i can't find how to freaking play the game,, please noone put an answer like , oh you shouldn't have got windows vista or dont upgrade, cuz i didn't have a choice, so some computer wizard please help me~!!!!!

Answer 1

I'm not an expert so this is only a best guess. It sounds like the games aren't fully installing because if they were, they should show up in the menu (all programs) and you should have had options to create shortcuts on the desktop. I don't have an answer why this might be happening. Just out of curiosity are the games showing up in the add/remove section (start > control panel > add/remove)?

My suggestion is to follow the prompts to uninstall the games after you insert the CDs. It's possible that enough of the games were installed to prevent a reinstall. Then I'd use the Vista search feature to look for any other files or folders. (Click start and in the lower left corner you should see the search box. Type in lego for example and if any other files or folders are found, delete them as well.)

You might want to contact the tech support people for Lego Starwars 2 and ask them for assistance. It's possible that they might have a patch or hotfix that came out after your copy of the game was made. I believe they're at Lucas Arts:

http://www.lucasarts.com/

Same thing for Flight Simulator X.. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and there's a link to Microsoft support:

http://www.microsoft.com/games/pc/flightsimulatorx.aspx

As far as games that were originally made for XP or earlier, Vista has a Compatibility Mode that (supposedly) lets you run those games. This link describes it in more detail:

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/18072

I'm sorry I can't be more help or give you a better answer.

plrr

Answer 2

It should be likein XP only they have a scroll bar for All Programs instead of multiple columns.
Click on Start and Click on All programs and scroll down and look for the game it should be listed.

If not try the search search feature.. It works well.
Search for the game if you find it Right click on the Icon and choose create shortcut, or copy the shortcut and paste it on the desk top

Answer 3

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