Microsoft's Application Compatability Toolkit 4.0 (available on their web site) contains fixes for Silver. Just download and install the ACT and it should help.

Might help to look for a patch on dlh.net as well.

Thanks for the reply. I haven't had any luck with the ACT yet, it still locks up in the same place but I will keep messing around with it.

I've had a similar problem with Silver (spanish version). If you're trying the US version, you can find the update in www.patches-scrolls.de

My problem was solved using a crack. Maybe you want try that.

It's the copyprotection - at least that's my guess. Why?

I installed Qemu, with Windows 95 on a virtual drive. It emulates Windows 95 near perfectly ... except for the CD ROM drive. It allows you to load iso files, but ISO files are inherently useles for copy protections. I tried Silver and got the exact same problem as in Windows XP - installs fine, but won't run. So, I guess there's a copy protection which only works on Windows 9X - the ISO I made of the game to load inside Qemu will not have contained the copy protection so ...

hmmm what about using daemon tools ? or is that a nono mention word here ?

That's what I tried - but it din't work. It uses Securom, and there's no crack released that seems to work and I doubt my DVD player is capable of a correct 1:1 copy 😖

red_avatar and Xian97, check your inboxes for a bit of help. And I hope it will help 😀

I'm afraid those cracks don't work. Possibly because I have the Dutch version.

Same here, I get further without the cracks. Using the original cd I get to the point where the start menu appears, but after selectiing New Game the screen goes black and the opening music begins to play then gets stuck in a repeating cycle until I kill the program. As mentioned before it probably is the copy protection. Using the cracks I get a message saying it's not a vailid Win32 application when I try to run silver.exe and I never get to the menu. I have also tried using the various compatibility modes and daemon tools to no avail.

Thanks for the help anyway WolverineDK.

In addition to the copy protection problems newer video cards are way too fast for Silver. So there were several patches released.

http://hampe.1go.dk/mirror/silver/

I got it running perfectly on Windows XP using the SilverUK_GeForce2Patch_v2.zip.

You should alternatively try the SilverUSGeforce2 patch if your version is the US version.
Also you might need the two other fixes for the notorious sewer and mansion bugs.

Thanks Doomer, that worked perfectly. I installed it using the original cd, then upgraded it to 1.09G US version. I replaced the silver.exe in the game directory with the one in SilverUS_GeForce2Patch_v2.zip. I guess the problem was my Geforce 6600 video card was too fast.

Thanks again.

I have the original version of Silver and sure installs fine on WinXP.
After the Geforce v2 Update was patched (v1.09G US) works great on
XP. NO hangs or freezes anymore. I uses a "legal downloaded" NoCD
FixedExe anyway (i hate uses my original media, if possible put back).
I played some months ago at WinXP SP1 installed,but i guess at SP2/SP3
will don't have any problems playing the game.
A little note yet: the v1.09 Update patch VERY NECESSARY to play the
game go to final, becouse some terrible bug without it!!

Hello,

I did patch and crack Silver with those patches mention above and the game is now working but I still got a problem concerning the sound. When I arrive at the menu the sound get outflipped and when I press start to get to the game its still outflipped and sound like it got stuck and repeats itself like crazy. Anyone got any ideas?

Ok now I got the outflipped sound to go away by switching of compability mode but there is still a little hacking sound left when people talk, except that the sound is working fine. Any ideas?