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
    2012-08-01T15:25:58+00:00

    how do u open the resolution changer window?

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-06-18T17:37:44+00:00

    It's not quite strange yet. I have 32bit... Need to test it on my Dad's PC, he has 64bit pc

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-06-18T09:03:02+00:00

     

    UPDATE: I just tried the Xomicron fix and it worked on Conquerors andt Kings.

    The xomicron color issue can be fixed on both.

     

    1. Download directdrawfix at http://www.xomicron.com/software/directdrawfix/
    2. Run DirectDrawFix.exe as administrator
    3. Browse the Age of Kings Executable to fix. Most likely it would be C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\empires2.exe and press apply
    4. Now browse the conquerors Executable to fix. Most likely it would be in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1\age2_x1.exe and press apply

     

    If you do it for both empires2.exe and the conquerors.exe, then the color issue will be fixed on both.

    AntonSynytsia

    I did all of that exactly that way and it worked for Conquerors and Kings on this Windows 7 x64 system.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-06-17T21:15:26+00:00

    UPDATE: I just tried the Xomicron fix & it only worked on Conquerors but not Kings. The bat file however worked on both for me???

    The xomicron color issue can be fixed on both.

    1. Download directdrawfix at http://www.xomicron.com/software/directdrawfix/
    2. Run DirectDrawFix.exe as administrator
    3. Browse the Age of Kings Executable to fix. Most likely it would be C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\empires2.exe and press apply
    4. Now browse the conquerors Executable to fix. Most likely it would be in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1\age2_x1.exe and press apply

    If you do it for both empires2.exe and the conquerors.exe, then the color issue will be fixed on both.

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