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Stbc In Vista STBC won't install in Vista

#1 TechniMan

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Posted 21 March 2008 - 03:55 AM

For some reason, Star Trek: Bridge Commander (one of my oldest discs, it probably just needs cleaning) doesn't want to install on my laptop, although it did on my old XP-running PC - is it just Vista? Or is it the old disc? I'll try and get a CD cleaner at some point, but until then, does anyone think it's a problem with Vista?

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 09:42 AM

Who knows? Vista doesn't like a lot of things.

Try cleaning the disk and give it another shot and then we will find out.

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Posted 26 March 2008 - 06:16 PM

Shot in the dark here, but make sure you're running the setup program with Administrator rights. If I recall correctly, programs don't execute with Admin rights by default, even if you're logged on as the Administrator. Insert the disk, cancel the installer window if it comes up automatically, then open the CD in Explorer. Right-click on the setup.exe file and select "Run As Administrator".

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 11:22 AM

yeah, i tried that, it doesn't make any difference

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Posted 28 March 2008 - 03:09 PM

How far are you getting before it fails?

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Posted 30 March 2008 - 08:39 AM

umm... well, i tell it to run setup.exe, and about 2/3 mins later, it comes up with 'setup.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close' after nothing happening

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Posted 30 March 2008 - 11:15 AM

You may want to check out this forum link - someone there is running STBC in Vista - if no one here can help maybe there -

Post at trekbbs.com
http://trekbbs.com/showthread.php?p=1191146