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

Edit:

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
    2015-08-04T05:50:49+00:00

    my computer screen is blurry & i need windows media player to play music

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-11-08T14:39:57+00:00

    Fantastic.  This worked for me.

    Thanks for the fix..

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-12-27T17:18:32+00:00

    @amakuni ..... you are god ,,,,,you dont know how thankful i am ,,,,, just to thank you ,,I have created a Microsoft account ....god bless you man ....

    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

    Edit:

    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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  4. Anonymous
    2017-04-30T22:53:42+00:00

    Sorry, but i can't do It with any of the solutions. When I start the game, The main screen is all screwed up, the coloros are all wrong; and I've tried everything, and it just doesn't work. Can I get some help?

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