Civ2 Load Failure

Skybolt · January 1, 2003, 18:13

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.

Scouse Gits · January 1, 2003, 18:43

try manually reinstalling the WinG drivers from the civ disk ...

SG[1]

Skybolt · January 1, 2003, 21:01

It really was that simple!!

Many thanks for the advice.

Scouse Gits · January 2, 2003, 03:40

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 ...

SG[1]

DrSpike · January 2, 2003, 10:42

Why didn't the reinstall of civ2 work though?

Scouse Gits · January 2, 2003, 14:22

There you have me

but it has been reported before ...

SG[1]

Cedric Greene · January 2, 2003, 21:25

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.

DrSpike · January 3, 2003, 08:48

But uninstall utilities still have permission to remove it? Seems strange.