I think I screwed something up....
I've been using ACT 2. 6 for a long time. I downloaded it here: Then I saw DosFreak's thread about NFS: High Stakes compatibility patch being hidden here: Since I liked NFS: HS better than Porsche Unleashed I downloaded the Toolkit and instaled it.
I've been using ACT 2.6 for a long time. I downloaded it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/appexperience/default.asp
Then I saw DosFreak's thread about NFS: High Stakes compatibility patch being hidden here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/compatibility/act.exe
Since I liked NFS: HS better than Porsche Unleashed I downloaded the Toolkit and instaled it. But I made the fatal mistake of not uninstalling ACT 2.6 before I installed that. After that Application Compatibility Administration Tool keeps saying:
"Compatibility Administrator was unable to open the system database", even after I uninstalled both ACTs and installed ACT 2.6 again. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/appexperience/default.asp
Then I saw DosFreak's thread about NFS: High Stakes compatibility patch being hidden here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/compatibility/act.exe
Since I liked NFS: HS better than Porsche Unleashed I downloaded the Toolkit and instaled it. But I made the fatal mistake of not uninstalling ACT 2.6 before I installed that. After that Application Compatibility Administration Tool keeps saying:
"Compatibility Administrator was unable to open the system database", even after I uninstalled both ACTs and installed ACT 2.6 again. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance!
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eek, Don't take old posts out of context. That ACT.exe is ACT v1.1. Released back in August 2000.
I've long since forgotten if that fixes works or not! The HS fixes are in that .INF and they do apply to the registry but I'd have to look back over 'em to verify.
It's possible that the multiple installations of different ACT's messed up your Application Compatibility Database in \Winnt\Apppatch.
You should always backup this directory if you start messing around with ACT's.
IIRC, you need these files in that dir.
acgeneral.dll
aclayers.dll
acspecfc.dll
msimain.sdb
shcmn.dll
slayerui.dll
sysmain.sdb
All files are from SP3 dated 7/22/2002
Just delete all files in your current APPPATCH directory (back it up first!)
and extract these files from SP3 and place 'em in that directory.
I've long since forgotten if that fixes works or not! The HS fixes are in that .INF and they do apply to the registry but I'd have to look back over 'em to verify.
It's possible that the multiple installations of different ACT's messed up your Application Compatibility Database in \Winnt\Apppatch.
You should always backup this directory if you start messing around with ACT's.
IIRC, you need these files in that dir.
acgeneral.dll
aclayers.dll
acspecfc.dll
msimain.sdb
shcmn.dll
slayerui.dll
sysmain.sdb
All files are from SP3 dated 7/22/2002
Just delete all files in your current APPPATCH directory (back it up first!)
and extract these files from SP3 and place 'em in that directory.
Yike! That post really is that old! I guess I should check the dates before I try anything next time. Anyway, thanks DosFreak! ACT 2.6 is back in action! Good thing, too. X-Wing vs TIE Fighter was starting to give me problems
