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Title: Silent Threat on Windows 7 ?
Post by: mickey on December 07, 2009, 04:39:00 am

I am trying to install Descent Freespace Silent Threat on my PC which has Windows 7 (Home) installed on it.
I've got the original Freespace installed and it runs fine under Windows 7. But when I try to install Silent Threat as well I get the following error message:-

"Setup did not detect Freespace in your system registry, aborting..."

Anyone know what registry entry it is expecting - or any other way to get round this ?

Many thanks,
M.

Title: Re: Silent Threat on Windows 7 ?
Post by: General Battuta on December 07, 2009, 04:52:50 am

FSOpen would probably help you out.

Title: Re: Silent Threat on Windows 7 ?
Post by: mickey on December 07, 2009, 08:33:27 am

Got it working now. Did some tinkering in the regsitry, namely:-

1. look for the registry key "FreespaceP3OEM". the path is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Volition/FreespaceP3OEM
2. rename "FreespaceP3OEM" to "Freespace" (do not put the quotation marks).

Then could install Silent Threat no problem.

Thanks for your help,
M.

Title: Re: Silent Threat on Windows 7 ?
Post by: General Battuta on December 07, 2009, 12:39:00 pm

Why you'd want to play Silent Threat when Silent Threat Reborn is available is another issue entirely, of course.  :p

Title: Re: Silent Threat on Windows 7 ?
Post by: Mongoose on December 07, 2009, 01:10:03 pm

Hey, you need the original as a comparison point to see just how much ST:R improved on it. :p

Title: Re: Silent Threat on Windows 7 ?
Post by: Galemp on December 07, 2009, 04:04:46 pm

Oh, you're using the same OEM DVD as I have. Note that ST will NOT install properly unless you remove the Read Only property from the game files. This is important! Do it!