How to get age of empires 2 to work on windows 7

HOW TO GET AGE OF EMPIRES 2 TO WORK ON WINDOWS 7 HOW TO

One issue i have with running the games in windows 7 is the graphics which in AOE2 particularly are not as they should be. It's worth trying the tickbox under compatibility to disable visual themes, that may also work without you having to go to the Basic theme. You can always save a custom theme for Aero and one for Basic, and switch between them easily. The wallpaper can be changed without dropping back into Aero, just don't change the theme back. Does this mean that i cant personlaise my desktop if i want to run the games? Would changing the background/desktop wallpaper mess things up again by taking the appearance setting s out of basic mode? I switched the theme from aero to basic and both games worked first time without resorting to compatibilty modes. Are there any further settings that can be changed to put this right?Thanks

Does this mean that i cant personlaise my desktop if i want to run the games? Would changing the background/desktop wallpaper mess things up again by taking the appearance setting s out of basic mode?One issue i have with running the games in windows 7 is the graphics which in AOE2 particularly are not as they should be.

HOW TO GET AGE OF EMPIRES 2 TO WORK ON WINDOWS 7 HOW TO

You are watching: How to get age of empires 2 to work on windows 7 In compatibility options, have you tried the other tick boxes? Some of them can be helpful in getting older systems to run, it's worth trying with each of those.If that doesn't help, try disabling the Aero theme entirely by switching to Windows basic temporarily, to see if that helps as sometimes Aero can cause problems with older games.