Installing Grim Fandango on XP

[John Richard O'Neill]

Hi

Grim Fandango won't install on my XP PC. I'm sure all my drivers etc are up
to date and the CD seems ok - i can run the game from the CD but not install
it.

I can see wowexec.exe, setup.exe and ntvdm.exe in task manager after I click
install, but nothing happens. When i cancel the processes, i get a message
about the 16 bit subsystem being unstable / timing out.

When i go to shut down after trying to install, i get a message about a
program called "O" that needs to be ended - dunno what this is...?

I have tried all the compatibility functions with no success.

Any ideas?

Cheers

John

 

[Bernhard Dietrich]

I can see wowexec.exe, setup.exe and ntvdm.exe in task manager after I click
install, but nothing happens. When i cancel the processes, i get a message
about the 16 bit subsystem being unstable / timing out.

First of all try Start->Run, type sysedit.exe and hit OK, just to make sure
the 16-bit-subsystem is still functional. (Sysedit is the only program I
know of, that still ships with Windows, but has never been updated since
Windows 3.0)

If you can still run other 16-bit apps (such as Sysedit), the problem you
described is InstallShield related. Unfortunately LucasArts used
InstallShield3 for Grim Fandango, which was already outdated then.
InstallShield3 uses a 16-bit setup launcher that launches the 32-bit setup
application. That often causes trouble.

I would recommend the following:
- Make sure you are logged in with Administrator privileges when installing
Grim Fandango
- Close any other applications
- Delete all files from the \windows\temp and \documents and settings\<your
user name>\local settings\temp\ folders that can be deleted.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Grim installed correctly for me! I'm running Windows XP Pro with DirectX 9
and SP 1.

Only one problem with Grim: The in-game movies sometimes creates stuttering
moves.

Y.

 

[John Richard O'Neill]

I have XP home - might this be the prob?

Can run sysedit ok - so must have installshield problem....

is it possible to manually install the game or download a newer version of
installshield?

 

[Bernhard Dietrich]

I have XP home - might this be the prob?

Can run sysedit ok - so must have installshield problem....

is it possible to manually install the game or download a newer version of
installshield?

Did you empty your Temp folders and it still did not work?

You could try copying the entire installation CD-ROM to your hard disk and
replace the 16-bit setup launcher (setup.exe) with a 32-bit one from any
newer installation that uses InstallShield 5. Sometimes this works.

 

[Bernhard Dietrich]

Grim installed correctly for me! I'm running Windows XP Pro with DirectX 9
and SP 1.

Only one problem with Grim: The in-game movies sometimes creates stuttering
moves.

Do you have the patch that updates Grim Fandango to version 1.01 installed?

 

[John Richard O'Neill]

It still didn't work after emptying my temp folder.

Where could i get a newer installer?

Is it possible to install the files any other way?