Age of empires II won't work via windows 10

The MS support engineer is essentially wasting everyone's time with the advice provided.  "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" would actually be more helpful.  At least the aspirin might help with the headache you're getting from W10.  Windows 10 no longer supports the secdrv sys driver, and if you are trying to launch your game from a CD, it will not work, no matter how many reboots and compatibility settings you try.  Secdrv made the operating system more vulnerable to attack, and it was a conscious decision my Microsoft to remove it.  They did it on purpose, and while it's possible backlash from this small gamer community may be enough to convince them to release a patch to once again enable it... I wouldn't count on it.  My advice, go back to W7 if these older games are really important to you, or buy a version of the game that doesn't launch from CD.

Dude the game is not compatible with 10. Stop your nonsense about rebooting. It one of my all time favorite games and I can't play it anymore...

Microsoft surely knows about this problem for windows 10, but you will not find any help from them on their web site.  At least, I can't find anything regarding this issue.  Big mistake going to windows 10, none of your Microsoft older games will probably not work on windows 10.  I'll have to restore my system back to factory settings for windows 8, since I am past the 30 day period to go back to windows 8.1.

I got the XBOX version from the Win 10 store and it seems to ignore mouse commands. I have an XBOX controller installed and it recognizes the XBOX button but nothing else. It goes to the selection screen where you choose King, Sultan, or the other one and then stalls and won't do anything.

I've never played it before so I really don't care. I have better things to do.

Yeah, i paid for the new "HD" version and it sucks. Graphics are great, but the game-play is terrible by comparison to the original. I feel ripped off.