Black & White Error

HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
edited December 2007 in Gaming
hai all,
I got Black & White for Christmas, which I was very happy about, played it for a couple days etc. Went to play it again today... The game would open, black screen, go back to the desktop with the game minimized and the same would happen again if I tried to maximise it. So I tried unilstalling it and...

Failed to load dll:E
Error code: 0x80040702

I've tried a defrag, I've deleted the folder since I can't uninstall/reinstall and I still get that error. dll:E DOES exist on the disk because I've taken a look on the disk.

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  • ThelemechThelemech Victoria Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    I did some googling and the 2 most common answers had to do with the C(+) Library dependencies and left over programs.
    http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?forumID=44&threadID=267023&messageID=2601011

    You might try MyUninstaller to forcefully remove and then re-install.

    I'm sure others will have some info.
    Cheers!

    edit:/ you might also try some registry repair programs has I saw them mentioned as solutions as well.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Thanks :D I'll try that now
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Hm... thing is... It's already deleted. I've deleted the entire LionHead Studios LTD folder from Program Files...
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited December 2007
    Ok...Did you get the update files for it? B&W has problems running on XP, and it was fixed in an update, because I can't get the game to run until I get the patch for it.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    I tried patching it, but it alrready came with one so I didn't google it further. But now I've got the problem that I can't reinstall or uninstall it, or even remove it. Bah, why do I always get every error ever concieved whenever I do anything? ¬_¬
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited December 2007
    Because you do not know how to shot web or shoop woop.

    If the uninstaller doesn't work, break the install and make windows remove the entry from the add/remove menu. This can be done by deleting the uninstall.exe that came with it, or deleting the registry entry and the files that it used to install.
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    I've removed every trace of the game from my PC, been into the registry 'n all that. Even when i try to install it I get the can't find load the e.dll file. Add/remove programs doesn't work either
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    I used MoveOnBoot to completely delete EVERY trace of that game, except there's a 13MB application called Black & White in Add/Remove programs... Which I can't add or remove ¬_¬
  • HarudathHarudath Great Britain Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    Fixed it, if anyone else gets this problem here's how to fix it
    (Source: http://www.planetblackandwhite.com/blackandwhite/techsupport/faq.shtml#installunhandled )

    Go to the install shield information folder and delete the B&W install shield folder. It should be located under the programs menu (C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information). If you delete the B&W installshield information folder, it should install. The folder name should begin with {E51B…} (note the curly brackets around the folder name). If you don't see the folder, go to the tools menu in explorer, folder options and select the view tab. Select "Show hidden files or folders" and click OK.



    Thanks for putting up with yet more of my **** ups :P
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