Cossacks Back To War issues on Windows 8

Same issue with the Acer Extensa 5630 Laptop, and Windows 8.1 Pro installed.

On win7 the close explorer.exe and start cossacks worked.

I have the complete Anthology fomr the 3CD box edition, but none of them works. (TAoW and BtW is having the issue mouse not moving, and EW is having the issue dmct.exe crashing immidiatelly after start.)

Any possible solution? the ddraw.dll and the exploree.exe fix is not working currently.

Drivers are the latest, and the win8 updates are the most recent what can be installed on 8.1.

Im pulling hairs trying to find a way to play one of my favourite games on win 8 as well - similar situation to Birdofhermes. Can someone find a fix - a simple one would be great for me. Im a "put the disc in and play" chap.

Mouse function is failing once reaching menu.

 Thanks Heaps!!

 Cossacks Art of War Gamer.

Hi,

As you have mentioned that you are unable to use mouse while playing this game I suggest you to contact the support forum of Cossacks Art of War Game.

You can try to install the game in compatibility mode and then check if the mouse works. Follow the steps given in the link below.

Make older programs compatible with this version of Windows

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/older-programs-compatible-version-windows

Let us know the status.

Hi Pavan,

Tried using the compatibility mode option, the game is still not working. The mouse still does not move.

Support for the game is no longer available. Could you please suggest a work around.

This is a popular game and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

same here, game runs, but I can't use the mouse, we need a fix for this!!!!