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Old January 1, 2003, 18:13   #1
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Civ2 Load Failure
After several months off the screen I tried to start a Civ2 game. Double clicking the icon gave me the following error message;

WinG Load Failure Error:2

I have not seen this before. I reinstalled the original Civ2 program plus Conflicts and Fantastic worlds. At each stage the same error message came up. I am running Windows 98 and have made no upgrades to the operating system since the last successful running of Civ2.

Any pointers will be gratefully received.
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Old January 1, 2003, 18:43   #2
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try manually reinstalling the WinG drivers from the civ disk ...

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Old January 1, 2003, 21:01   #3
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It really was that simple!!

Many thanks for the advice.
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Old January 2, 2003, 03:40   #4
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Because Civ is not a "Registered Program" in the sense that it has no entries in the Windows Registry - Windows does not know that WinG is being used and will allow other applications to wipe it out when they are uninstalled ...

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Old January 2, 2003, 10:42   #5
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Why didn't the reinstall of civ2 work though?
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There you have me but it has been reported before ...

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I don't think WinG is installed during the Civ2 install process, but is usually in Windows previous to installation so it doesn't come up to much.
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But uninstall utilities still have permission to remove it? Seems strange.
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