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Win 8 Cannot load saved scenario

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On my windows 8 laptop and 7.08 beta, I open a scenario file, save it, try to open it and nothing happens. Tried this on several custom and stock scenarios. I do not have this problem on my Windows 7 laptop. Pro version in each case.
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RE: Win 8 Cannot load saved scenario

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What do you mean nothing happens? Do you click on load save and the map doesn't come up? Does the map come up but no units on it? Are you sure you are using the 1.07.08 version on the Windows 8 laptop? I don't have Windows 8, but I think I've seen other users using WitE on Windows 8.
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RE: Win 8 Cannot load saved scenario

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Once a .scn file has been saved by 7.08 on my Win8 laptop, it cannot be opened by the editor or the game on Win8 or Win7.
I would very much like this one back if it is possible to analyze and fix the problem
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Is there an AV program (M$ built-in stuff) interfering, corrupting the file?
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RE: Win 8 Cannot load saved scenario

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Maybe the game is installed in "Program Files", and doesn't have the rights to write there, so Windows puts the games in a special folder inside user's "VirtualStore" directory. On the other hand, loading code may be checking the local save directory and the save is not there. This can be solved only by installing outside default folder (or by fixing the game's code to properly support Win 7/8 features, but that's unlikely).

http://blogs.windows.com/windows/archiv ... ction.aspx
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RE: Win 8 Cannot load saved scenario

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Maybe the game is installed in "Program Files"

In my case no, it is installed in c:\apps\WITE7.
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RE: Win 8 Cannot load saved scenario

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Update- just reconfirmed the problem with WITE on Win8 - I only have the one Win8 machine to test this on.
I also just confirmed I DO NOT have this problem with WITW beta.

These are installed side by side in c:\apps.
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Please run a test with disabled AV.

What you could try, one after the other with tests inbetween:
Set WarInTheEast.exe to run in XP compatibility mode
Set it to run with administrator rights
Set ggwite.exe to run in XP compatibility mode
Set it to run with admin rights
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RE: Win 8 Cannot load saved scenario

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I copied the test SCN into my WIN7 WITE sceanrio folder. The other scenario load up okay but if you click on it, you get this:



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