Age of Empires 2 on Windows 7 has color issues

Anonymous
2009-05-15T17:57:15+00:00

Hello, i want to run Age of Empires 2 on my Windows 7 rc computer. But there are color issuse when i run it, the grass aren't green and the water isent blue. How should i do to fix this? I have try to run it complatify with windows xp service pack 2, and installd some driexct 9 drivers. but not result to better colors. I hope someone have a good answer, because i love this game.

Frozzare, Scout in Sweden

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Anonymous
2009-05-29T12:28:55+00:00

Go into task manager select the processes tab and end explorer.exe then alt-tab back into age of empires

Note: this will make your task bar disapear and any open folders

To restart explorer open the task manager agian in the aplications tab hit new task and type explorer in the box

The colours change because of the Aero theme's poor handling of colours

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You can also make a batch file with the following lines and place it in the same location as your age of empires 2 executable

taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe

age2_x1.exe

Start explorer.exe

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-05-29T12:59:27+00:00

    Additionally, by right clicking the program executable, you can select "Disable Visual Themes" under the compatibility tab to avoid having to do what Amakuni suggests every time you start the game :-)

    Best regards,

    Sigurd Flaatten

    That method doesnt always seem to work, i have 2 computers at my house that are currently dual booted with windows 7 it works on one but not the other :\

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  2. Anonymous
    2009-05-17T15:23:53+00:00

    I have the same issue when I had W7 beta Is there a compatiblilty mode or something you could try running it in?

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  3. Anonymous
    2009-05-17T14:37:17+00:00

    I hope someone came up with a good solutions so we can get aoe to work under windows 7!

    Frozzare, Scout in Sweden

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  4. Anonymous
    2009-05-16T10:24:32+00:00

    I have the some problem with Ati 4850 , and tried all the solutions on every forum ... none works :(

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