vista question with patches

[Dirk Gross]

Hi Jim
A friend of mine had the same problem. I am pretty sure he had to install the games in a folder that was not in the 'Program Files' folder. That seemed to work for him.

That's essentially correct. Don't use ANY of the Windows created folders or any folders under them. Vista protects them and non-Vista programs don't work well there. Create a root folder for your games directly under the c:\ drive. I use a folder named GAMES. The only games I allow to install in the default directory are those labeled "Games for Windows".