Get Starcraft working on Windows 7: Three easy steps

Brian Ambrozy 21 Sep, 2009 at 5:44am ET Article published in Gaming

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1. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 8:38am taka taka says no point in haggling with that junk guys keep an XP partition or machine next to your Windows7 set up so you can run DirectX 9 and down on the XP box and 10 and up and the 7 HELLLOLOOOOO wakeupppp poepleeeee
2. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 8:57am FelixDeSouze Lovin that this is on reddit
   
   http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/9mkow/odd_way_to_get_starcraft_running_in_windows_7/
   
   
3. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 8:57am Anony Punctuate much?
4. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 9:56am Guest or down(up)grade to windows xp....
5. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 9:57am Thrax (Down).
6. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 11:22am redditor This is a symptom that Microsoft are force obsoleting certain things and artificially requiring things to update to work on windows (as manuf. want them to!)
   
   Microsoft are bastards
7. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 11:24am Snarkasm Or perhaps its a sign of progress within an OS that's now more secure, faster, and more capable than Windows XP ever was, but with a caveat - that they had to close some loopholes or rework some APIs that were out of date.
   
   But hey, you can call them bastards if you want, I guess.
8. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 11:29am meh Snarkasm, I am just posting this to say thank you. Good article, too.
9. 
   21 Sep 2009 ~ 11:40am raas Starcraft also runs fine in 'wine' on Linux, without any tweak, hack or leaving additional windows open. Just sayin'.
10. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 11:57am Black Jesus You guys are right. Microsoft is just dicks for not testing this 11 year old game out on windows 7. Let's all use Wine for our retro gaming! Can Wine do Zork too? I bet it can cause it's awesome.
11. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 12:05pm Karlos Marcus Use ChaosLauncher and you can play the game in windowed mode on windows 7.
    
    http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=65196
12. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 12:24pm hrmrmrmrm if you can run windows 7 why not just run a virtual xp machine? works for me...
13. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 12:32pm Thrax Because Starcraft requires 640x480, and XPM cannot change resolutions.
14. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 12:57pm Anon @Black Jesus:
    
    Zork runs well in Dosbox, but I guess Wine is fine too.
15. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 1:41pm Gatz @Thrax so use a different VM client instead.
16. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 1:59pm Fennec Another solution, is to launch the game, go back to windows, and open task manager, kill explorer.exe and use ALT+TAB to go to the game, it will fix the color issue, I did this with Age of Empires 2 and it worked, got this from somewhere online, I can't remember from where.
17. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 2:06pm shwaip Running Windows xp in a Virtual PC 2007 vm (not XP Mode) allows me to play Diablo 2 in 7/vista. It runs much faster than any of the other hacks I'd tried.
18. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 4:10pm SuperBreakfasttime Try updating your video drivers, noob. SC works great for me under Windows 7, and the reason that you can't run it under Win7's XP VM is because it runs it through remote desktop and 16 bit colors.
19. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 4:12pm Thrax

    Gatz wrote:

    @Thrax so use a different VM client instead.

    
    I'm well aware. I was simply answering someone's errant statement.
20. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 4:20pm SuperBreakfasttime shwaip: You should be able to run Diablo2 natively in Windows 7. I haven't had a problem with it.
21. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 4:22pm SuperBreakfasttime "Starcraft also runs fine in 'wine' on Linux, without any tweak, hack or leaving additional windows open. Just sayin'."
    
    That's a lie. Multiplayer doesn't work under wine.
22. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 4:33pm shwaip

    SuperBreakfasttime wrote:

    shwaip: You should be able to run Diablo2 natively in Windows 7. I haven't had a problem with it.

    
    Yeah, I had it working in vista too, but there are some other advantages - I can run 2 vms and have 2 cd keys for muling. I tend to get (much) better performance this way than running windowed (2d). I can keep the window open in the background and email/gchat/irc, rather than having it minimize when i do that.
23. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 5:12pm Joe Insult I'd rather pay Bill Gates to kick me in the balls than use that clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous code called Linux.
    
    But then, I like being able to point the finger at one person when things go wrong instead of guessing which half-awake code monkey screwed up the latest distro.
24. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 5:51pm primesuspect

    SuperBreakfasttime wrote:

    Try updating your video drivers, noob.

    
    Sigh.. It's nice to have houseguests, but this reminds me of how much I love and appreciate the Icrontic community.
25. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 6:53pm Thrax I was thinking "try having suggestions that aren't obvious." Heh.
26. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 7:27pm Matt Seems like this may be an issue with his particular setup. I just installed SC and it ran fine for me on Windows 7 64. No need for any of this other stuff. However I should note that I used the version you can download from Battle.net, not the CD. Not sure if that makes a difference.
27. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 8:02pm Thrax It's not an issue with this particular setup. The Reddit comment thread reveals several other SC installs fixed by this methodology.
    
    And yes, the version you download from BNet makes a huge difference.
28. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 8:56pm Inskipp Works fine for me on 64-bit Windows 7, using nvidia 190.62 drivers. This is a cd-install from years ago.
29. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 9:28pm primesuspect For those that cannot get it to work, through whatever combination of hardware, this fix is for them.
30. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 10:17pm Linc Further info on the system cited in the article: I'm running 32-bit Win7, installed SC from CD, and patched with the latest available from Blizzard. My video card is a Radeon HD 2900 XT with Catalyst 8.6 installed.
    
    I don't know what vagaries are involved with why this is necessary for some and not for others, only that I found significant corroboration for this combination working for others as well (though not as concisely articulated elsewhere).
31. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 10:28pm Thrax (Why 32-bit?)
32. 
    21 Sep 2009 ~ 10:34pm Linc (It's what Brian handed me from E3 - I'm lazy)
33. 
    22 Sep 2009 ~ 1:02am Jin choung Starcraft started going buggy for me (same symptoms-whacked pixel depth making everything looked "solarized" in xp. Happened after I installed a desktop manager (in my case, stardock's fences). And from rare search hits, it seems like this is a pretty common for Starcraft to have issues with desktop managers so I'm betting that it has to do with win7 desktop management in general or aero in particular. But the fault seems to lie in Starcraft and the way it expects to interface with it's environment (old game can't be blamed) but hopefully blizzard will address in future patch (bless them, they're still supporting the game).
34. 
    22 Sep 2009 ~ 7:46pm rolleggroll Reading this article inspired me to re-install Starcraft. Followed the article. Starcraft works. I join a game. Lost Temple. A few minutes later, Reavers are in my base tearing me a new one as I can't micro lings for shit to defend myself. I remembered why I stopped playing.
    
    Good article though.
35. 
    21 Oct 2009 ~ 5:12pm Xaanix Thats because you played lost temple. You can always play money maps or UMS and you wont face such stiff competition. Also it usually helps to check your opponent's record, try to play someone with a record similar to your own.
    
    Usually i'll host a game and won't start it until i've successfully been able to /stat the other player and am happy with the opponent. I boot out anyone with a 'new' record (0-0) or obscenely bad (1-50-1) or obscenely good (120-10-0) records.
36. 
    10 Nov 2009 ~ 4:54pm raven it's amazing - it works! thanx m8
37. 
    23 Nov 2009 ~ 10:09pm Spampy Discovered this myself a couple of weeks ago getting the game to work in Win7 x64 for my roommate, good to see the fix spread!
38. 
    2 Dec 2009 ~ 1:05pm Jonathan make a batch file that looks like this:
    "taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
    cd "C:\Program Files\StarCraft\"
    Starcraft.exe
    start explorer.exe "
    and it will work for you! tested on windows 7 - home edition - legal version
39. 
    31 Dec 2009 ~ 4:47am crossalchemist Alternatively, you CAN run Starcraft, and "any" XP compatible program, in XP Mode. Simply click Tools -> "Disable Integration Features" and Starcraft will work fully. Integration requires a 16 bit color scheme and the resolution changes depending on the size of the Virtual PC window. Disabling the integration features allows you change any settings you want. HOWEVER, it also disables the ability to shortcut to the program from Win7 as well as other things.
40. 
    1 Jan 2010 ~ 10:44pm TheShadowXX Hey I just got Windows 7 yesterday, and I tried your fix but it didnt work. crossalchemist, I was reading your comments, maybe you could help me out? I know how to make a batchfile I open notepad, but what do i put inside it? and what do i save it as, and where do i then put that batch file? please help me I really want to play StarCraft, so far i'm dissapointed in windows7. I never had problems like this in vista. Also this happens for antoer game I play Need For Speed Most wanted, any idea how to fix that as well?
41. 
    8 Jan 2010 ~ 12:04am Jon Davis crossalchemist I did get it working with that method, but the host resolution does not adjust to the VPC guest resolution. The game plays in a tiny little window on my 28-inch monitor. Unplayable.
42. 
    17 Jan 2010 ~ 3:40pm ButchX Just tested on win7 32bit,all u need to check under compatibility tab for starcraft are the first 2 check boxes (256 color mode and 640x480) and the last one (run as administrator).You can leave anything else unchecked and you dont need to run screen resolution and leave it open.
    Hope this helps.
43. 
    26 Jan 2010 ~ 4:55pm Brood Does not work for me (yet).
    Using win7 pro 32-Bit version. Weird thing is
    - I first installed the game
    - checked 256 color mode and adjusted color depth to 16 bit (via right click desktop etc.)
    - Game was running excellent - without any problems.
    
    Next I updated the game to 1.61 >> that's were all the problems started - I have tourqoise screen mess ups and stuff and nothing seems to help - any solutions?
44. 
    29 Jan 2010 ~ 9:51pm Adam I'm running Window 7 (6.1.7600) on an Alienware Aurora (i7 920). I had the exact issue the author described. I used his suggestion to correct the problem - thank you. The only thing I wanted to add was that I didn't need to leave the "System Resolution" window open.
    
    Thanks a ton guys! Starcraft fans world wide thank you!
45. 
    29 Jan 2010 ~ 11:10pm Radio91P Thanks for the article prime.....you know what else....good article prime.
    
    Glad the peanut gallery could join us too!
46. 
    6 Feb 2010 ~ 12:13pm That Nerd Thanks Jonathan for the batch script it works like a charm =)
47. 
    9 Feb 2010 ~ 1:29pm GHoosdum I'm a little confused as to how installing a different OS on a separate partition or creating a VM install is easier than Lincoln's three steps. I'd rather complete three easy steps than install an entire extra OS just to play a game.
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    9 Feb 2010 ~ 2:48pm Jengo I agree with GHoosdum.
    
    thanks lincoln/prime! 3 step guide worked perfect!
49. 
    13 Feb 2010 ~ 6:08pm mike checking all the boxes and keeping the screen resolution window opened worked. Checking the frist two boxes and run as administartor box worked. Didn't try the batch file though, since the later fix worked really well. Thanks for all who posted such cool fixes.
50. 
    21 Feb 2010 ~ 8:57pm u0berdev My Fix:
    Just disable visual themes under the compatability tab. That was all I had to do. I did NOT need to check the other ones.
    
    My system:
    Win7 Pro 64-bit.
51. 
    21 Feb 2010 ~ 9:01pm u0berdev NEVERMIND! Nothing is fixing it. Apparently that was only temporary...
52. 
    13 Mar 2010 ~ 4:20am Caspianstrider Thanks - works fine for me. Amazing that someone actually figured this out!
53. 
    16 Mar 2010 ~ 8:20pm suresh Thanks man..it works!!on win 7 ultimate 32bit
54. 
    17 Mar 2010 ~ 7:33pm nubz see, this fukcin starcraft won't work, i try to update on b.net and it immediately says, reinstall or i may have a virus or some BS. what a joke, god damn blizzard and there terrible support why do they have to make hte best games
55. 
    27 Mar 2010 ~ 6:55pm Starcraft yay Bought Starcraft Battle Chest, CD set. It installed version 1.15.2 and runs just fine on my Windows 7 64 bit system, no tweaks required. Nvidia driver 196.21.
56. 
    20 Apr 2010 ~ 3:08pm tchyz Thanks it worked with my friend's windows7 64 bit
57. 
    20 Apr 2010 ~ 3:15pm QCH Awesome news that so many folks are able to play Starcraft on Win7.
58. 
    2 May 2010 ~ 6:45pm Sebastián Didn't work for me!
    I was using it on WXP and it worked well, but when I tried on W7 the colours were all messed up and this solution didn't work for me.
    Any Ideas?
    I'm running it with Alcohol 120%
59. 
    3 May 2010 ~ 3:53am ZeeAyeEeGee This is a ridiculous and absolutely stupid way to fix an issue that has been already solved by MS and Blizz a while ago. The only problem is they did not update their fix for version 1.16. Ok look, download this .rar containing registry keys: (link removed, safety cannot be verified -mod)
    
    It'll contain an x64 key for those using 64-bit win7 and an x86 key for those running 32-bit win7. Double click the registry key that is marked for your version of win7. Say yes and it'll update your SC with the already existing fix.
    
    Credit goes to Warlord_7 from forums.battle.net
60. 
    3 May 2010 ~ 11:26am primesuspect "ridiculous" and "absolutely stupid" in that it has helped thousands of people before the fix existed.
    
    Idiot.
61. 
    19 May 2010 ~ 10:53pm gawencrow Dude!!! This totally works, I don't know why & can't imagine how y'all figured that one out but thanks anywho.
62. 
    10 Jun 2010 ~ 12:23pm adrian thanks.. this really works.. easy steps..
63. 
    12 Jun 2010 ~ 1:42pm DANIEL LOL THIS WORKS. i'd say ONLY let the window open, no need to check all those things. :S:S it's strange really ... works same for AoEII ... can't believe it ... if this is a bug i hope it won't get fixed ! lol :P
64. 
    14 Jun 2010 ~ 11:03pm ttx19 windows 7 is shit it will not play any of the games on or off microsoft list if they do install they go back to the desktop again and again and before you ask yes i have more then what it take to play all of the games out there windows 7 was made out in left field and was not made for any of the computers out there new or old so you like to play a game get windows xp home or pro that will fix it microsoft lied again and again
65. 
    14 Jun 2010 ~ 11:41pm mertesn

    ttx19 wrote:

    windows 7 is shit it will not play any of the games on or off microsoft list if they do install they go back to the desktop again and again and before you ask yes i have more then what it take to play all of the games out there windows 7 was made out in left field and was not made for any of the computers out there new or old so you like to play a game get windows xp home or pro that will fix it microsoft lied again and again

    One person's badly stated opinion versus everyone else on this forum who have had no problems running games on Windows 7 since the first beta release last year... You're doing it wrong.
66. 
    15 Jun 2010 ~ 12:26am primesuspect he mad
67. 
    20 Jun 2010 ~ 8:49pm tetch Sweet! Thanks a lot guys. Fixed it right up.
68. 
    20 Jul 2010 ~ 6:30am Dogonpot Step 1 and Step 2 is not required.
69. 
    22 Jul 2010 ~ 1:30pm Piotr Yeah fine fine...My colours works fine but...i dont have sound in starcraft (only background music) i tried everything .CTRL + S not help me...Settings in SC and in computer are good.i have windows 7 (32 bit)
70. 
    22 Jul 2010 ~ 11:37pm oh really? @ raas: ha ha, yeah your right with out any type of intermediary program like wine that you'd,.. have,.. to. oh yeah you gotta down load install n configure that. that is easier. yay linux.
71. 
    23 Jul 2010 ~ 12:18am oh really? coulda been a graphics burp. colors on screen look like your lookin through a heat sensitive camera? reinstall graphics card drivers or make sure its seated properly. usually fixes that quick, i ran it on my system win7 64 with no issue other than resolution wasn't supported so the picture was a bit streched.
72. 
    24 Jul 2010 ~ 7:13pm jaimy13578 i have a new fix.
    
    open taskemanger.
    than kill explorer.exe.
    than start a new task (starcraft.exe)
    and starcraft will start witheout any problems.
    when your finisht playing open taskemaneger and create a new task ( explorere.exe ) (c/windows/explorere.exe) and there is your taksebar back.
    
    
    this works for me ( using windows 7 Ultimate 32bit )
73. 
    25 Jul 2010 ~ 5:23am dany thank you very much. my starcraft experience was almost ruined. you saved me.
74. 
    26 Jul 2010 ~ 5:40pm Jif19 I am beginning to believe it is the Windows 7 Desktop background setting set to "Change picture every 30 minutes" that caused Starcraft to lock on me. Once I changed that I no longer needed to leave the screen resolution window open.
75. 
    27 Jul 2010 ~ 8:44am Dreco hey guys I've tried most of these solutions and they wont work for me (besides installing a second OS on a partitioned drive i find that a wast of room and time) when i launch SC my main monitor screen goes black and even if i alt tab it stays black i need to unplug the power socket in order to get a picture even wile the game is minimized and I've tried this wile in-game for SC still now picture wondering if any1 has any ideas on this?
    
    I'm ruining:
    Catalystâ„¢ Version 10.7
    ATI Radeon HD 4870x2 2gig card
    Q6600 quad core processor 2.4ghz
    6gig ram 800mhz
    Windows 7 64bit home premium
    HP HDMI Monitor
    
    i also have my monitor connected to me graphics card via a HDMI cable and got my LG 42inch LED LCD TV connected via HDMI cable also. I'm also running Display Fusion pro v3.1.10
    
    can any1 help me please i would really like to get SC running as i want to pass the missions on it b4 doing the missions on SC2 plus i got my girlfriend into it so she would also like to play the 1st game before starting the second lol
76. 
    27 Jul 2010 ~ 8:53am Dreco Ive also tried compatible mode in XP and i still get the black screen were i need to unplug and then replug the power cord to get it to work again
77. 
    30 Jul 2010 ~ 8:55pm Daniel This works...until I finish a level, then I get an error message. "Couldn't read 0x004bdb81 referenced at 0x00000001." or something like that. Any fix for this?
78. 
    31 Jul 2010 ~ 7:04pm Hantak I recently changed my windows 7 home edition to windows 7 ultimate 64 bits. Prior this OS change i could run starcraft but i had the colour issue, after checking on tons of forums for a fix i got to a file wich was refered a couple post back, the file made a reg edit wich fixed the issue, avaible for both 32 and 64 bits windows 7 versions.
    I used Starcraft with its 1.16.1 version and after fixing the colour issue i never had a problem with it.
    After i changed to windows 7 ultimate 64 bits i managed to fix the colour issue with the same files, though now whenever i want to start playing it first asks me to insert the cd... (wich i have "mounted" using daemon tools) after re mounting the images i seem to be asked anyway for them, but the game runs anyway... NOW if i click on the multiplayer icon and pick any normal starcraft or brood war exp. the game crashes... theres nothing there to click upon, the screen goes black and all i can see is the white mouse arrow. not to mention i have to reboot in order to use my laptop. ah im using a Samsung R480.
    hope you guys can help me out cause right now im considering on installing a 2nd OS on the pc just cause i really enjoy playing old games. Regards!
79. 
    3 Aug 2010 ~ 10:50pm jorg this link provides a registry fix
    
    http://go.hopx.net/2010/05/256-color-issues-with-directdraw-and.html
    
    for starcraft v 116
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DirectDraw\Compatibility\StarCraft116]
    "Name"="Starcraft.EXE"
    "ID"=hex:ca,89,65,49
    "Flags"=hex:00,08,00,00
    
    worked like a charm
80. 
    7 Aug 2010 ~ 7:28pm Green26 U Guys are geniuses!! The fix worked great, thanx ALOT!
81. 
    8 Aug 2010 ~ 5:50pm Jeff I second making a batch file, works flawlessly. For those who don't know how, make a new text (.txt) file and copy and paste:
    
    TASKKILL /F /IM "explorer.exe"
    cd C:\"Program Files (x86)"\Starcraft
    start /w C:\"Program Files (x86)"\Starcraft\Starcraft.exe
    start C:\Windows\explorer.exe
    
    then save it and rename the extension to .bat
    
    This is for mine running on windows 7 64bit, if you aren't running 64 then your program file folder name will be different. Same fix also works for MOO2
82. 
    8 Aug 2010 ~ 5:52pm Jeff Also the above fix is really easy because you only have to do it once, then you can just double click the icon and it starts up no hassle.
83. 
    11 Aug 2010 ~ 11:11pm Delinka jorg's fix is the best, thanks! And the explanation on the website (link above) makes total sense, no need for disabling explorer or changing any compatibility settings once applied.
    
    Thanks again jorg!
84. 
    7 Sep 2010 ~ 6:31am Joseph I thought the patch messed up the game but apparently it was Windows fault! Thanks a lot for the tip.
85. 
    9 Sep 2010 ~ 12:10pm jono659 @primesuspect
    
    Ignore these shitheads, I actually do have a Dual boot on which I run Starcraft II, however its nice to be able to just batter Stacraft up in 7 and fool about.
    
    The workaround works perfectly and all I have to do is open the settings,. I'll take that any day over the rest of the LInux, ball kicking, wine shite. Gret workaround man, thanks.
86. 
    16 Sep 2010 ~ 2:30am Xantix I followed your step 1 & 2, but the solarizing didn't go away for me until I downloaded the latest patch from Blizzard and followed the instructions on how to play StarCraft without the CD. Then it worked perfectly.
87. 
    10 Oct 2010 ~ 9:20pm notnonagnostic YES! SOMETHING FINALLY WORKED! Thanks Jeff!
88. 
    11 Oct 2010 ~ 7:58pm Barez Wow, you blew all the other complex solutions (that didn't work) right out of the water. Thank you for this.
89. 
    26 Oct 2010 ~ 8:18pm Karam God bless you i downloaded 20 programs and non of them fixed it and yours did. A++++++++++++++++++
90. 
    9 Nov 2010 ~ 11:40pm Dave A personally, as far as the color issue goes. The way I get all or many of the older games to work. old school trick in my day was just add the *ddraw.dll* to the main game directory. "NO .bats, NO reg tweaks, NO compatibility issues... at that time Fallout 1 from Interplay was the most common used ddraw.dll file for it's day..
    
    1. copy ddraw.dll into main game directory
    2. run under admin
    
    If memory serves me correctly.. that same fallout file also worked on Warcraft 1-3 and Freelancer or any directx 5.1-8.2 beta series games for a color fix
    
    common dates used 1987 - 2008 88KB ddraw.dll
91. 
    24 Dec 2010 ~ 2:50pm Mike Mckillip dude seriously hands down best solution ever thank god i tried this one first...weird though aint it
92. 
    6 Jan 2011 ~ 3:46pm Ben Hayes AWESOME!!! Thanks, Helped A Lot!!
93. 
    21 Jan 2011 ~ 1:41pm Cory Belleveau Holy shit, it worked.
94. 
    24 Jan 2011 ~ 12:11am GUSZULRUS Thank you I'm in Thailand I want you happy thank a lot ^ ^ I love Starcraft I even I have Starcraft II now but first series is classic thank
95. 
    26 Jan 2011 ~ 2:29pm Jack Thank you!
96. 
    4 Feb 2011 ~ 8:26am Christian thx....work for me...
97. 
    7 Apr 2011 ~ 7:47am Joseph4evr I loaded SC on my 64bit machine and it seemed to work fine and then it would go psychedelic on me. I tried the (leave res. open ) trick and didn't work right. If I jumped to the "desktop" and then back it would fix it temporarily. I then realized that every time a picture would cycle on my screen-saver, SC video corrupted.
98. 
    11 May 2011 ~ 12:29pm Alistair I got it working by simply right-clicking "Troubleshoot Compatibility" and letting Windows sort out the problems. Now I can run it without a problem (no need to open the screen resolution window!)
99. 
    27 May 2011 ~ 8:33am jornightmare Thank you very much. Worked like a charm. Starcraft on XP is unstable and crashes regularly (tried 3 different PC and a laptop) even patching to latest. Broodwar won't even run. Now I can play again. I really appreciate your post.
100. 
     13 Jul 2011 ~ 11:29pm Leo Archon The only method that has reliably worked for me is creating the Batch file. But even then, I'm having one (non-graphics related) issue.
     
     Namely, my system freezes completely if I try to play more than one lengthy mission in a sitting. And by 'sitting', I don't mean I can exit the game, and then resume. I mean I have to restart the computer entirely to have any hope of playing more than one lengthy mission (particularly the later missions for each race).
     
     Is this due to using the Batch file method, or is it something else? I don't know where to get the 'ddraw.dll' file, as I don't own Fallout 1.