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IWD Completed Mods => Icewind Dale NPCs => Topic started by: SMichelle on July 05, 2008, 04:33:31 PM
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*sigh* I'm sorry to post here as it is not a mod problem, but instead something with either my computer or icewind dale. However, as Interplay does not exist, and Atari does not support this, I hope someone here can help.
Okay. I ran into a problem after I initially installed the mod. And because I thought I wouldn't have any problems I didn't follow the readme (alas, if only I could go back in time!) :'(
So I uninstall HoW/IWD. I than attempt to re-install. IWD goes fine. HoW give me the blue screen critical stop error 1000007e. I ignore this in hopes it will magically go away. It does not. Now my BIOS is up to date. I've updated my drivers for my NVIDIA 6800 GS. I've run a full virus scan. I've run chkdsk. I've cleaned the disks.
I've unistalled and attempted to reinstall IWD/HoW so many times I've lost count. Now the last time I tried to re-install HoW the "installation" feature instead asks are you sure you want to UNinstall HoW/IWD? NO! I want to install it! That's why I hit the Installl button. I have also tried to install thru the add new programs on windows- and it still asks if I want to UN install. If I say yes, uninstall can't find it. (I would like to try "reverse psychology" and maybe unistall will install-maybe I fell into bizzaro world were everything is opposite, but uninstall is not an option).
Now the last time I tried to Uninstall IWD I got the blue screen.
You have beaten me devil computer! I concede defeat.
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Ooooh. It's horrible.
Dear computer people(more computer-literate than me, that is)! Please, help.
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It sounds like Windows thinks IWD is installed although the game has been removed. Now, I am by no means a Windows Registry Wizard but I know the registry is used to keep track of all programs installed. You could open the Registry Editor (RUN: regedit) and maneuver to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -> SOFTWARE -> BLACK ISLE and remove everything from that folder which says Icewind Dale.
Try this at your own risk. I have never had problems editing the registry but Windows tends to break if something bad happens to it.
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You're right. In the add/remove programs under the control panel HoW shows up. (of course I can't remove it). I'm a little nervous about breaking my computer completely. Well, I was hoping to get a new computer in a few months anyway. I guess I'll just have to wait to play this mod until then. :'(
The lesson in all this-follow the readme! ::)
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When I have this problem - which is more frequent than it should be, I uninstall and delete everything having to do with the product, then use some sort of registry cleaner, which should erase invalid registry entries. It usually gets rid of the "____ is installed, even though it isn't" issue. Just happened with Kotor.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64953-order,1-page,1/description.html (http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64953-order,1-page,1/description.html)
Here's one I used before.
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I actually had this problem not too long ago with BG1. I ran into a problem with my uninstall.exe program not being able to run so I had to manually delete everything. When I went to install BG1 again, Windows still recognized it as installed. I did eventually manage to reinstall without touching my registry (thank goodness). I'm trying to remember how I did it...
I think what I did was put in the first disk of BG1 and when the autorun screen came up I clicked "Exit." Then I explored the disk and searched for the setup file. I ran the setup file and everything installed properly. Maybe this strategy will work for you.
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Thanks!
Cylis over at petals and thorns looked up the registry I needed to delete 433BF933-81D6-4646-A318-3DE5DB6108F2. After I deleted this and the registry suggested by Echon I was able to re-install (and this time I followed the readme instructions).
I'm playing the mod right now and having a lot of fun (I'm even liking certain characters that I didn't think I would like).