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09-04-2011, 03:23 PM
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Windows 7 Compatibility Questions
I recently purchase The Witcher on steam. Unfortunetly, i was stupid and didn't check that it doesn't run with Windows 7. However, I know that Windows 7 also has a compatibility mode to help with older programs taht wont work with windows 7. I tried to do this with steam and it still wont work. Has anyone had any success with this or have any other suggestions that I could try. Any help would be appreciated
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09-04-2011, 07:58 PM
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09-04-2011, 10:25 PM
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Windows 7 Home Premium
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09-04-2011, 11:27 PM
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If you upgrade to Windows 7 Professional, you can use XP Mode - which is running real XP inside a virtual machine.
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09-05-2011, 03:36 AM
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Nevermind, just remembered that Steam likes to launch the games from within its own interface, rather than putting shortcut icons on the desktop.
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09-05-2011, 08:30 AM
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You can put Steam game shortcuts on the desktop and launch from there.
In Steam, go to your Library. Right click on a game and then go down to Create Desktop Shortcut.
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09-05-2011, 05:14 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Does Steam still have to be running in the background?
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09-05-2011, 05:18 PM
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Mondsreitersmann
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Yeah, I checked, you have to have Steam running; if you don't, the shorcut will open Steam which in turn will launch the game. One reason I hate Steam. At least, this is the way it is in OS X, maybe in Windows you can run the game without Steam, though I doubt it.
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