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Game Start Problem with Vista

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Hello:

Thanks to Rooster89 I got my DVD and installed it successfully. I'm having a problem getting the game started though.

When I click on the desk top icon to start the game I get the following error message.

Class not registered
You need the following file to be installed on your machine
MSSTDFMT.DLL.

Has anyone had this problem with Vista before and, if so, how did you fix it?

Thanks
 
Vista & msstdfmt.dll

Beauty is all the posts to fix all these things, many referenced in the FAQ are all gone now :(

When I click on the desk top icon to start the game I get the following error message:

Class not registered
You need the following file to be installed on your machine
MSSTDFMT.DLL.

If you are running Vista32 :

Download the dll from the FAQ
http://www.polovski.com/OFFFAQ.htm

(to find it on that page press ctrl+f and type in MSSTDFMT.DLL search the page for it quicker)

To register the .dll do the following:

Left click start button > type in cmd in the search box,
then RIGHT click on the icon that appears top of screen and select "run as administrator"
In the new CMD window

at the prompt type in

regsvr32 msstdfmt.dll

this will register the dll
make sure the file dll is copied into the c:\windows\system32 folder first.
(replace c: with another letter if you installed windows to another drive)

For Vista 64
Do the same but instead change references of "system32" above to "SysWOW64" instead
 
Good info

Maybe I should add those Vista instructions to the "read me" for the copy that I have. I include it on all DVDs that I send out and didn't even bother to ask the OS. If I do that it will be good to go. Thanx Pol.

CJ
 
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