Congestion Posted May 4, 2009, 6:12 pm	I'm failing miserably at getting this to work under 64-bit Vista. I keep getting the "Unable to launch the Darkwind client application. It is likely that darkwindLobby has failed to update the game. More information will be displayed." I tried both the 32- and 64-bit versions of the C++ runtime. My Java is current. Has anyone else got this to work? If so, how?
*jimmylogan* Posted May 4, 2009, 6:14 pm	I don't run Vista (or Windows) but I have heard people say to run it "as administrator." Have you tried that? JL
Congestion Posted May 4, 2009, 6:25 pm	Yeah, I'm the only one with an accouont in my computer, so I'm automatically administrator. But thanks for the tip though!
Congestion Posted May 4, 2009, 6:38 pm	Well, well, well... Inspired by your response I tried to force the game into administrator-mode by running it from the start-menu and choosing "Run as administrator", and presto! Works like a charm. I made the mistake of thinking that I was automatically the administrator since I am alone on this computer. Clearly, it is not so. I'll see you all down the barrel of a heavy MG just outside Somerset!
*Grograt* gary.r.horder@gmail.com Posted May 4, 2009, 8:09 pm	Yep Vista does that im afraid
Six Gun Jack Posted May 4, 2009, 8:50 pm	thus why I went back to XP pro on my computers. Good ole vista assumes everyone does not know a thing about computers and should be protected from themselves by default. Hides all files, no administrative privlages, etc. I swear I almost threw my wifes new laptop with vista on it out the window.
*sam* Posted May 4, 2009, 8:53 pm	Quote: I made the mistake of thinking that I was automatically the administrator since I am alone on this computer. Clearly, it is not so. Yeah, even if you *are* an administrator, you still need to run stuff "as administrator" in order to really be administrator. Either that or disable user access control and get warned of your "security problem" every time you reboot.
lordbam Posted May 4, 2009, 10:08 pm	Install darkwind in your documents and setting. Then even in Xp a normal user can update Dark-wind. Haven't tested this in Vista but it should work.
ISHOULDCOCO Posted May 4, 2009, 11:36 pm	I just Bomb Vista back to the stoneage UAC , indexing , restore , aero ,widgets , graphic embellishments, etc Looks like windows 2000 by the time I am finished Win7 is out in a few hours and the beta whistles along nicely in 512 meg ram on my netbook COCO
Procyon Posted Aug 5, 2009, 1:21 am	Sam, you should be able to set ACLs fairly easily in your installer to allow the updater write access to the install directory. I don't recall precicely where in the MSI schema this is, but it's a very common thing to do.
Darnell Posted Apr 19, 2010, 5:48 am	This tip just got the game working in 64 bit Vista for me! Thanks.