«

Hey guys,

I have a computer game installed on D drive and its been patched to 1.3,
but with this 1.03 patch they have taken certain things i liked in the
orginal 1.0 version.

Im only keeping 1.03 to be able to play online, i've tried making another
windows user account and tried to install it again on another drive but it
only gives me the option to play or modify, not install.

Is there anyway of having the game installed twice but be different
versions??

Cheers in advance

Krazy Bob

"Krazy Bob" <@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OmNXe.13163$...
> Hey guys,
>
> I have a computer game installed on D drive and its been patched to 1.3,
> but with this 1.03 patch they have taken certain things i liked in the
> orginal 1.0 version.
>
> Im only keeping 1.03 to be able to play online, i've tried making another
> windows user account and tried to install it again on another drive but it
> only gives me the option to play or modify, not install.
>
> Is there anyway of having the game installed twice but be different
> versions??
>
Try starting the install disk from Start, Run, Drive, and installing
to a different Folder.

> Cheers in advance
>
> Krazy Bob
>

"J.wilson" <> wrote in message
news:7oOXe.13177$...
>
> "Krazy Bob" <@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OmNXe.13163$...
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I have a computer game installed on D drive and its been patched to 1.3,
>> but with this 1.03 patch they have taken certain things i liked in the
>> orginal 1.0 version.
>>
>> Im only keeping 1.03 to be able to play online, i've tried making another
>> windows user account and tried to install it again on another drive but
>> it only gives me the option to play or modify, not install.
>>
>> Is there anyway of having the game installed twice but be different
>> versions??
>>
> Try starting the install disk from Start, Run, Drive, and
> installing
> to a different Folder.
>

Probably won't work, as it's more than likely writing settings out to the
registry.

Regards,
Mark Remfrey

J.wilson wrote:
> "Krazy Bob" <@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OmNXe.13163$...
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I have a computer game installed on D drive and its been patched to 1.3,
> > but with this 1.03 patch they have taken certain things i liked in the
> > orginal 1.0 version.
> >
> > Im only keeping 1.03 to be able to play online, i've tried making another
> > windows user account and tried to install it again on another drive but it
> > only gives me the option to play or modify, not install.
> >
> > Is there anyway of having the game installed twice but be different
> > versions??
> >
> Try starting the install disk from Start, Run, Drive, and installing
> to a different Folder.
>
> > Cheers in advance
> >
> > Krazy Bob
> >

I doubt that will work as it most likely stores registry info in a
shared location and probably removes the old version when the new one
us installed.

If you are on Win2k or later you could try creating two
non-administrative users and install each version separately as each
user, into different paths. That should keep them separate.

What game is it and what did you lose from the early version?

"Krazy Bob" <@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OmNXe.13163$...
> Hey guys,
>
> I have a computer game installed on D drive and its been patched to 1.3,
> but with this 1.03 patch they have taken certain things i liked in the
> orginal 1.0 version.
>
> Im only keeping 1.03 to be able to play online, i've tried making another
> windows user account and tried to install it again on another drive but it
> only gives me the option to play or modify, not install.
>
> Is there anyway of having the game installed twice but be different
> versions??
>
> Cheers in advance
>
> Krazy Bob

Problem solved thanks to all who put there advice forward, my solution
was to download the demo version of it, install it to a different partition
create a new user and was able to do what i could before the patch came out,
the only problem is the demo version has a 10min run time on it.

But if anyone has any more ideas, feel free to post them

Cheers All

KB
>

>> Is there anyway of having the game installed twice but be different
>> versions??
>>
> Try starting the install disk from Start, Run, Drive, and installing
> to a different Folder.
>
On the same lines as already mentioned, it most likely uses registry
settings. Its less likely to be updating the settings.

You could install copy (a), the locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE settings and
export them to a file called someting like VersionA.REG

Next, install copy (b) to a different directory and recheck the same
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry location. With any luck, the settings will now
refer to the second installation of the game. Export these settings to a
file called VersionB.REG.

Now, you should be able to double-click on the registry file to re-import
the settings prior to running either version, to switch between versions.

Armpit wrote:
>>>Is there anyway of having the game installed twice but be different
>>>versions??
>>>
>>
>>Try starting the install disk from Start, Run, Drive, and installing
>>to a different Folder.
>>
>
> On the same lines as already mentioned, it most likely uses registry
> settings. Its less likely to be updating the settings.
>
> You could install copy (a), the locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE settings and
> export them to a file called someting like VersionA.REG
>
> Next, install copy (b) to a different directory and recheck the same
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry location. With any luck, the settings will now
> refer to the second installation of the game. Export these settings to a
> file called VersionB.REG.
>
> Now, you should be able to double-click on the registry file to re-import
> the settings prior to running either version, to switch between versions.

you may want to make some custome files for doing this... basically so
that it deletes the old branch before adding the new one, or vice
versa... simply because if you don't, one of them may write keys that
the other one looks at, but doesn't use yet/anymore, and it may screw
things up a bit.

--
http://dave.net.nz <- My personal site.

"Krazy Bob" <@gmail.com> wrote in message
> But if anyone has any more ideas, feel free to post them

Split your drive and install your OS twice. Once on each partition.

PAM.

"PAM." <> wrote in message
news:Bx_Xe.13251$...
> "Krazy Bob" <@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> But if anyone has any more ideas, feel free to post them
>
> Split your drive and install your OS twice. Once on each partition.
>
> PAM.

yea....im not really that confident in doing that but thanks anyway PAM.

cheers
KB

"Dave - Dave.net.nz" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Armpit wrote:
>>>>Is there anyway of having the game installed twice but be different
>>>>versions??
>>>>
>>>
>>>Try starting the install disk from Start, Run, Drive, and
>>>installing
>>>to a different Folder.
>>>
>>
>> On the same lines as already mentioned, it most likely uses registry
>> settings. Its less likely to be updating the settings.
>>
>> You could install copy (a), the locate the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE settings
>> and
>> export them to a file called someting like VersionA.REG
>>
>> Next, install copy (b) to a different directory and recheck the same
>> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry location. With any luck, the settings will
>> now
>> refer to the second installation of the game. Export these settings to a
>> file called VersionB.REG.
>>
>> Now, you should be able to double-click on the registry file to re-import
>> the settings prior to running either version, to switch between versions.
>
> you may want to make some custome files for doing this... basically so
> that it deletes the old branch before adding the new one, or vice versa...
> simply because if you don't, one of them may write keys that the other one
> looks at, but doesn't use yet/anymore, and it may screw things up a bit.
>
> --
> http://dave.net.nz <- My personal site.

Hmm, playing around with the registry like that is like walking into a mine
field blindfolded

Cheers anyway dave
KB