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Launching Age of Empires on Windows 10?

Raph -  
 Maxime2210 -
Hello

I want to install Age of Empires 2 on my PC running Windows 10 Home. The installation goes smoothly without any particular issues, the shortcut icon appears on my desktop, but when I click on it to launch the game? Nothing happens, no error message, and of course, the game doesn’t launch either...
Thanks in advance for your advice :-)

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    Tomsuper Posted messages 1921 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   407
     
    Hello fellow Age of Empires fan.

    You can launch the game with backward compatibility.

    To do this, you can right-click on the game icon and then select Properties.

    In the compatibility menu, you can select the Windows XP version.

    Best regards.

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    1. Raph
       
      Thank you for your advice, but I still have the same problem...
      When launching the compatibility resolution, it shows me that the program is compatible with Windows XP (Service Pack 3) which I select and apply, but nothing works.... I wonder if there might be a connection with the PPP settings?
      I'll continue my investigation, but if you have any other options, I'm all ears.
      Strength and resilience Tomsuper!
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    2. Tomsuper Posted messages 1921 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   407
       
      Re,
      Right-click on the game's tab and open Properties. In the Shortcut tab, in the Target entry, you should see something like:

      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age2_x1\age2_x1.exe"

      You need to add at the end of the quotes NoStartup Msync NOSC Mfill 800 so that it looks like Target:

      "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Age2_x1\age2_x1.exe" NoStartup Msync NOSC Mfill 800

      Note that if what is inside the quotes does not exactly match what I indicated above, leave it as is and only add the final text indicated.
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