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
    2010-03-24T18:58:42+00:00

    Than you so much this trick is great i can play most of my xp games know thank you all

    this works with any game wear the colour don's display propley

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-03-15T21:53:00+00:00

    "MyD00M has the answer. It sounds silly at first, and I told myself that this would not work, but I gave it a shot and it actually works like a charm. Simply right click on the desktop, open the Screen Resolution menu, and leave it open. Then start up the game and play with normal colors again."

    It works for me.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-03-09T10:48:58+00:00

    Hello!

    I am confused as to why the final directory is age2_x1?

    It should just go in the same folder as the game exe.

    As far as the "failed to start," no idea. Sorry D:

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-03-08T18:29:39+00:00

    Hi,

    Here is the batch i have installed at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\age2_x1

    @Echo Capncoolio's Age Of Empires Colour Fixer! Enjoy your working Age of Empires!

    @Echo .

    @Echo .

    @Echo .

    @Pause

    @doskey aoe2=tasklist /fi "STATUS eq RUNNING" /fi "IMAGENAME eq age2_x1.exe"

    @taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

    @age2_x1.exe

    :1

    @if aoe2==1 (goto 1) else (goto 2)

    :2

    @Start Explorer

    @Echo .

    @Echo .

    @Echo .

    @Echo Hope you had fun!

    @Echo .

    @Echo .

    @Echo .

    @Pause

    The screen changes for a while, the game tries to start but finally a windows dialog appears saying that the program has failed to start.

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