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I have the 4-disk version of Myst III: Exile, and I have tried in vain to get it to run on Windows 7 64-bit. When I double click the .exe, the mouse gives me an hourglass, like the CPU's thinking about it, before it decides not to do anything at all. If I pull up Task Manager while executing it, the process pops up as 'M3', stays for 1-2 seconds for disappearing. No pop-up, no splash screen, no nothing.
What I have tried:
*5 fresh installation attempts (2 typical installs, 3 full installs, none have worked)
*Compatibility Mode set to pretty much every other version of Windows (I never expect this to do anything...). If I set it to run as administrator, the usual permission pop-up doesn't even show.
*Installed the v.1.22 patch (did nothing)
*Disabled (rather permanently) whatever security anti-virus came with the OS
*A billion shutdowns and reboots (nope)
*Executing from the first disk (nope)
*Migrating all the files from the CDs to a flash drive, reconfiguring the drive setup, and executing (nope)
*Virtual Machine with Windows 98SE (slightly better results here, the Exile splash screen appears before hanging indefinitely)
*Downgrading, upgrading, and downgrading QuickTime several times (nope)
*Last ditch to try to play the game... install it on my Mac. The graphics and sound refused to play nice, which is why I don't use Mac for any games.
It sounds like a whacko hardware issue, but could it also just be an issue with 64-bit systems? I remember getting it to work with Vista years back. Oddly enough, after some doing... Riven runs beautifully, Myst IV: Revelation runs beautifully, but the third game just won't have it.
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