Compatibility with original CDs

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Compatibility with original CDs

Post by DaveRattlehead »

Hello everyone. Firstly, I'd like to apologize if there's already a topic related to this same question. If that's the case, feel free to close the topic and attach the link to the original topic.

Nowadays is considerably easy to play Rayman 2 and Rayman 3 on PC with different download links, emulators, the original games in the UbiStore... But I was wondering how could it be possible to play these games with the original CDs on Windows 10. I run the setup.exe trying to install these games, but it didn't work. It's logical to relate this to their incompatibility with modern operating systems, and I wonder if there's any driver or patch for Windows 10 that could allow the setup.exe to run and install the game on Windows 10. I tried running the setup.exe as an administrator and with different compatibility modes, but none of these worked.

I hav searched different solutions on the Internet, but I'd like to check here before trying what I read. I have the feeling I can get a more specific answer in this forum ;)

Thanks in advance!
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Re: Compatibility with original CDs

Post by deton24 »

RibShark once said the culprit of this situation is not even 16 bit installer (because it's 32 bit) but exe encryption.

The solution for installing the game from the CD on current 64-bit OS is copying the files from the CD manually omitting unnecessary files which cannot be copied and maybe something else I can't remember now.

Anyway, ready patched installers are:
download/file.php?id=5028
and
Rayman Control Panel
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Re: Compatibility with original CDs

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Great, thank you!
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