I obtained Freespace: Silent Threat several years ago and I installed it on my now old Windows XP computer. I have recently gained interest in playing it again, but I can't install it now!
Some time between when I stopped playing it and now I tried to uninstall it (I assume I was bored of it) but I guess the installation didn't work right and some of the files were not removed. Here is what I have tried so far:
-First I tried just sticking in the disk to try to install it. The disk would start up but it jump straight to the setup part of the installation. After a few minutes the Freespace logo and the progress bar would disappear, my computer would make an error noise of doom, and I would receive a message saying that FreeSpace could not be found in the registry and the intallation was aborting.
-Then, I tried searching through my computer for the game files and, sure enough, I found the folder with a few lingering files in it. I promptly deleted the folder and tried installing again. I ran into exactly the same problem as before.
-Finally out of desperation, I opened the registry and deleted every key in the had anything to do with Freespace (don't worry, I made a restore point before I made any changes to the registry). Now, when I put the CD in, the drive makes a lot of noise, but nothing else happens. At all.
I am at a total loss of what else to do. I have seriously tried everything I can think to do. I really want to play this game, and I don't really want to try to figure out FS Open. I would be extremely grateful for any help I can get