patch problem

[ammo]

On one of my games I re-installed it and when I try to patch it my computer says it is already installed. The problem is that it isn't installed because when I access the game it says the patch isn't installed. The worst part is the game does not work properly now. Can anyone help me?

[EzyStvy]

What is the name of the game?
Do the patches show up in Add/Remove Programs?
Have you looked on the games web site support section?

[Stewart]

It is likely you still have remnants from the previous install. For some games these usually have to be removed before a reinstall. Have a look in the Registry and the Documents and Settings folder.

[ammo]

thanks for the help but I downloaded a zip file of the patch. It seems the regular one has problems with the game (rome total war). Many people have had this problem.

[Ob1]

if this is xp, try a restore pt, and back up to before you installed the patch the first time, and then run the patch again.

[ammo]

I copied the zip file patch to the game file and all is well. I also tried the restore thing and it didn't work, tried cleaning registry and didn't work, so I found a different patch file which was a zip file and copied the files to the game and that finally worked. I'm still searching for that lingering file that's making that error even though the new patch I used works. I usually wouldn't care but the old patch used to work right when I would re-install the game but after 10 re-installs it doesn't seem to want to work now.