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cant get Fable to work

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First post, by ike

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i can install, but when i try to start game it says "cant find registry entry, please reinstall" and thats all... 😒

my specs: duron650, gf2mx, 256 ram, win xp sp1

any ideas?

Reply 1 of 6, by Qbix

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did you try a compatiblity mode ?
and/or try install as administrator ?

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Reply 2 of 6, by ike

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i tried comptatiblity mode on fable.exe and it didnt work
i also tried compatiblity mode with installer (because i think it cannot write something in registry) but then it says "direct x failed to install. the game was not installed" 😒

and im administrator already so... 😖

Reply 3 of 6, by Reckless

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Simple enough... the installer doesn't write the correct data to the Registry!

Run Regedit and navigate to the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Telstar\Fable
Edit the value for 'Path' to match that of your installation directory.

The game will play fine without the need for 'compatability' or whatnot. Only played a couple of screens but it all seemed to run fine (Win2K Sp4)

Hope that helps!

Reply 4 of 6, by ike

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sure it helps 😁
thank you very much 😀

Reply 5 of 6, by JurjenB

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And on Vista? It failes installing because of an DirectX problem! Help!

Reply 6 of 6, by JurjenB

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Step/by/step install manual please!