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.

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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
    2011-08-07T20:51:05+00:00

    I found a very easy way to fix the colors. It is the same way I fixed Diablo's color issue. Right click the desktop and open Screen Resolution. Leave that window open then and right click the desktop again and open Personalization. Select the High Contrast Theme and and leave it active while you play the game. It should fix the issue without needing a batch file which disables Windows Explorer. You can easily alter the settings back when you are finished. Just remember to leave the Screen Resolution box open the whole time you play the game.

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-08-06T23:06:03+00:00

    Simplest solution.. just download and execute this file to modify registry:

    http://zack.kreasimaya.com/files/kemprul.reg

    magic.....

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-06T08:29:26+00:00

    Eh... I tried this one on my own

    taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\empires2.exe"

    start explorer.exe

    exit

    Works only if you put it in the game dir, you can remove the full path if you wish, I think

    Somehow, if I place that batch file on my desktop, AoE 2 complains about DirectDraw

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-06-27T06:44:09+00:00

    I tried to create the batch file, but it's not executing properly for me.

    I took out the last command, "Start explorer.exe", and it runs now, only I have to manually restart explorer through the task manager. Any ideas? Could I make Explorer restart only on the closing of AOE?

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