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    problem playing Diablo II on Vista

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Sirius_GTO, Jun 10, 2007.

  1. Sirius_GTO

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    Just got done installing the game and when it prompted to set a desktop icon, I clicked yes. Now I tried to play the game for the first time and so I click the desktop icon (i even tried rightclicking and running as admin) but it gives me the error :UNHANDLED EXCEPTION: ACCESS_VIOLATION

    why can I not play diablo II? Is there something I'm missing? Thanks guys.
     
    Sirius_GTO, Jun 10, 2007
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    I had this problem with D2 back on XP as well. Blizzard suggests applying the latest patch to try and see if that fixes the problem.

    http://www.blizzard.com/support/?id=mdt0387p

    Otherwise, its uninstall, reinstall -- rinse and repeat until it works.
     
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  3. Sirius_GTO

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    Hi admiam - Thanks for your help. I'm fairly new to games so I think I'm doing something wrong.

    I went to that website and I downloaded the patch under orginal. It downloaded to my desktop... is there something I'm supposed to do with it? It still doesn't work. Thanks a lot
     
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    You mean double click on it and run the installer??
     
    Budding, Jun 10, 2007
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    no worries, I got it working now. Thanks guys for the help
     
    Sirius_GTO, Jun 10, 2007
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