Here's where "MostRecentApplication" comes into play the ID under that key is the ID of the game you just launched.
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just the name.exe, not the full path or anything. This is the name of the actual executable of the game. (Don't touch the rest of the name!) The key under it is called "name". Change Bomberman to whatever is appropriate. The key name itself needs to be changed obviously. It's important that you do this step, as you'll see below.Įdit the file there's a couple things that need to be changed. Run your game for a few moments don't really need to play it, just run then quit to the desktop. Or, if you prefer a copy-paste, the export is listed as: Just rename the file to whatever with an extension of reg so it can be imported. To make this easy, I attached an export of my Atomic Bomberman entry. This one is super handy, as you'll see why in a minute.įirst thing's first, you'll want to make a new entry for your game. (You may want to bookmark that location in the registry editor for convenience.)Īlso under DirectDraw is another key called "MostRecentApplication". Each entry is under it's own sub-key off of Compatibility. Under Compatibility, you'll probably already have a few entries in there. Navigate to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectDraw\Compatibility\ Requires a minor registry edit, the usual "be careful or your computer will die, come back as a zombie and eat your brain" rules are in play.Įach game will require it's own fix entry in the registry.
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I'm doing this under Windows 7 no idea if it works (or is even needed) under Vista. Just throwing this out there in case anyone might find it useful. Tell it to not bug you about it.) I was fairly surprised by how well these games ran under an OS that's a few versions ahead of what they were expecting. Diablo for example will do this probably. None of the games I've run had to have any sort of compatibility modes set, minus a few that whined that they may not run. Putting this fix under the "It works for me" clause. Sooo I poked around in the registry and got a fix. Couldn't find any quick fixes via Google minus trying to force into a windowed mode and other iffy-at-best hacks. Then I was forcefully reminded about the 256 color issue with Windows 7 old 256 color DirectDraw games tend to have a psychotic color palette. dinosaurs that are oh so last century but still fun to play. Diablo 1, Atomic Bomberman, Planescape:Torment, things like that.
For whatever reason I got in the mood for some retro gaming.