TOWER on XP

[Luciano]

When I try to play Tower (a Win98 game) on Xp - even
using the compatibility options - I get this error: "This
version of MSVCRT20.DLL is only intended for Win32s.".
Anybody knows how to solve this?
Thanks.

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Luciano,

Sounds like you probably have the DOS version of Tower. ;-)

When a game is a DOS game, it could work using compatibility mode:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=292533 or since that didn't work
use a bootdisk http://members.ozemail.com.au/~lpcd/downloads.html
and always check at fileplanet.com to see if there's a patch available.

With DOSBOX you can emulate a DOS computer on your XP desktop:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/information.php Or try MS Virtual PC:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/virtualpc/downloads/trial.asp
which allows you to install DOS or to run any operating system inside XP.

If you prefer to explore other advanced methods, here are two excellent
tutorials I've found on the subject: http://www.dosgames.com/xphints.php
and: http://home.earthlink.net/~angeldancer27/XpGameList.htm

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| When I try to play Tower (a Win98 game) on Xp - even
| using the compatibility options - I get this error: "This
| version of MSVCRT20.DLL is only intended for Win32s.".
| Anybody knows how to solve this?
| Thanks.

 

[RobertVA]

No Jim. Not only are *.DLL files Windows Dynamic Link Libraries, MSVCRT*.DLL
files are MicroSoft Visual C Run Time libraries. The compatability mode
might work. If it doesn't there might be an older version of the file in the
application directory that needs to be disabled or replaced. Back up any
changes you make or files you replace while experimenting!