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Originally Posted by favouredenemy After having installed Fallout 2, nothing happens when I run the exe. I installed the 1.05 patch, and still nothing. I reinstalled with a smaller install, and still nothing. I tried running in Windows 95 and 98 compatability mode, and it came up with the 'windows can't run this, do you want to report it to Microsoft' thing. I reinstalled the patch, tried that in W95/98 compatability mode, and nothing happened (not even the 'do you want to report' thing). Just about the only thing I've not tried is installing, installing the patch, restarting the computer and trying again, but I'm not optimistic about my chances. I have a modern computer, directx and drivers all installed, and winxp with loads of service packs.

After you try to run the exe, check task manager if there is process called "fallout2.exe" (or similiar). If there is, try to end it and run the game again. Of course, before rerunning the exe be sure there is no processes with that name running, as I have seen couple of times that for some reason I had two processes with that name running, and the game didn't start anymore.

After that, you could try what you said you haven't, it just might work.

Have you ran your virus scan lately? That problem could be caused my virus. Also, you should check that the game hasn't been blocked by your antivirus and/or firewall software. Happened to me couple of times with Fallout 1, but this depends on fully your antivirus/firewall software.

Lastly, did you try this method? There could be something running which blocks Fallout 2 entirely.