Need some help installing Exile1-2

Author	Topic: Need some help installing Exile1-2
Blachloch Apprentice Member # 2373	written Saturday, March 17 2007 09:04 Profile #0 I recently purchased the Exile Trilogy CD. Unfortunately, Exile1-2 doesn't seem to want to install onto my computer(I already owned 3, so I haven't tried that one). I've tried it on two separate computers, my main one, running on Windows XP, and a much older one, running in Win98. On my main computer, once I open the installer, a dialog box pops up saying it can't find SHELL.DLL, and when I click it, says it can't run the setup, then closes. On my older computer, it launches the setup, then does nothing. It has the setup window visible but no dialog boxes, nothing gets installed, etc. It also doesn't close...I actually have to turn the power off. I've also tried downloading a demo and installing that(hoping that it would be a less buggy/more compatible version), but no luck. I've also tried loading the system files on the Exile 1 webpage where I downloaded the demo, that is supposed to help XP users with damaged files, but nothing changed. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Posts: 11 | Registered: Monday, December 16 2002 08:00
Excalibur Agent Member # 8030	written Saturday, March 17 2007 09:23 Profile Homepage #1 These are the three problems that I could think of: 1. If you have the CD in the computer while its booting, a Windows computer might try to boot from the CD. I doubt that's the problem though. 2. If you aren't already, transfer the installer file from the CD on to the computer, take the CD out, and try to unstuff it. 3. It's possible that the CD is corrupted, and your computers can't read it. I hope that will help; I'm not that experienced with Windows OS, but I do know that much. -------------------- WWJD? Posts: 1384 | Registered: Tuesday, February 6 2007 08:00
Micawber Agent Member # 2759	written Saturday, March 17 2007 11:50 Profile Homepage #2 Well I can confirm from that the Exile trilogy runs fine under XP and even Vista (and in both cases I installed from the Exile trilogy CD). So whatever is wrong is specific to your system. I did a google search for "can't find shell.dll" and it's not good news. It sounds like your system might be infected with something. You should probably try running an virus and spyware scan. A workaround according to this site is to go to your C:\Windows\System directory, find shell.dll (if you can't it, it might be invisible so go "tools -> folder options -> view -> hide protected operating system files" and untick). Copy it into C:\Windows\System32. Fingers crossed, that will do the trick. -------------------- "I can't read this thread with that image. But then, that's not a complaint." -Scorpius Geneforge 4 stuff. Also, everything I know about Avernum | Avernum 2 | Avernum 3 | Avernum 4 Posts: 1104 | Registered: Monday, March 10 2003 08:00
Blachloch Apprentice Member # 2373	written Sunday, March 18 2007 16:26 Profile #3 Thank you, thank you! Copying my shell.dll file worked. Posts: 11 | Registered: Monday, December 16 2002 08:00