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Cossacks European Wars on Windows 7

I have installed Cossacks EW, but I am unable to play it on Windows 7. The error message I keep getting is "dmcr has stopped working." What do I need to do to fix it?

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Yo change folder name Video -> video1. You will succeed. :D

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  • Henshkini Aug 17, 2010

    Didnt work for me, is there anything else you have to do?

  • Anonymous Apr 17, 2013

    where do i find this folder?

  • Anonymous May 08, 2013

    i chahge the folder name, but it say missing CD ROM.... Why??

  • Amr Salim
    Amr Salim May 14, 2017

    Yo change folder name Video -> video1. You will succeed. :D ___>it worked for me

  • Des Dixon
    Des Dixon Apr 26, 2018

    Where is this folder called VIdeo please ?

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Just installed cossacks ew and changed video file name as suggested and it worked the problem i have now is the graphics have a yellow,red and blue dotty shaddow where there shud b a solid black shaddow, game is playable but its just very annoying!!! pls help im running windows 7 btw

  • Anonymous Oct 27, 2012

    Log on to windows. open task manager. go to process tab. click on explorer.exe. click on end process and confirm it. now click on file--> new. click on browse. browse to the folder where you had dmcr.exe. click on dmcr.exe and click ok. All your green/blue/red dots will disappear and you will start to enjoy the game.

  • Anonymous Jul 07, 2013

    dnt do this^^^^^^^^^

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I have got a windows 7 too , but i dont think , that is possible .. its made for windows NT/2000 ... try to run it with compatibility mode

  • a_andyfreer Dec 01, 2010

    type this and save as a batch file(cmd) place in game dir and run
    problem solved also works for AOE 2 just replace dmcd.exe with aoe exe file

    taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
    dmcr.exe
    Start explorer.exe

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To avoid problems with Cossacks compatibility. I went on this:
http://www.gog.com/game/cossacks_anthology
Works on:
Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8)

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This is what I tried for Vista. Not sure if Windows 7 will make much difference. Compatibility set to Windows 200, Disable desktop composition and Disable display scaling on high DPI settings. Graphics run very smooth.

  • Anonymous Jun 02, 2012

    In game graphics still corrupted. Only the Main Menu looks right. Ignore the previous post.

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I dont know how to run cossacks eur. wars on win7....how?

Windows Vista or Windows 7, will have problems running some older versions of applications, just because so much has changed under the hood from Windows XP days. Thankfully there is a compatibility mode that can be easily set per application.

To configure the compatibility mode for an application, just locate the installation directory and right click on the .exe, selecting Properties from the menu. THEN select your compatibility tab, You can choose to run the program in Windows XP compatibility mode, or even all the way back to Windows 95 compatibility.

Probably the most useful setting to start off with would be to disable the visual themes and desktop composition, if you can't get things working. If you are trying to run a video game, you will often need to choose "Run this program as an administrator". You'll have to play around with it, but most likely you can get your application working this way. Also, you will be able to make a selection for windows VISTA which is backwards and forwards compatible with WINDOWS 7

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I try to play and it says dmcr is not working

with this link you can scan your computer and solve the dmcr problem:

http://www.fixexeproblems.com/file/DMCR.EXE.html

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I've installed Cossacks European Wars onto my laptop which has Windows 7. However, when I try to run the game I get a dmcr.exe error. I've looked at solutions online which told me to change 'Video' to...

1- download a direcx and install it (i put a link for you)

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/directx.html

if it doesn't work:
1- go to control panel from start menu.
2- select windows update.
3- select check for updates.
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Cossacks runs and comes up with a black screen nothing else and then i closes the black screen and says could not load missions text

Run the following script (.bat archive):
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe
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cd \program files\cossacks
dmcr.exe
start explorer.exe

Save it as batch archive and good luck!!
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Well, try this, we call this "compatibility" mode, most programs can be run on windows 7 with this trick.
I assume your Cossacks II Napoleonic Wars icon is on the Desktop,
Right-click the Icon (game's icon), select "Properties" and click "Compatibility" tab, select "Run this program in compatibility mode for" click the "Windows 95..." and select "Windows Xp (Service pack 2)", click "Apply" > "Ok" and try again.

If even after doing this, the game can't be played, then there's no option. The fact is that, this game is made to run on system with Windows xp and earlier version, but somehow if fortunate, it's possible, not will all software, some may work, some may not.

Good luck.

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