[davolfman]

This didn't show up in any stickies so I'm sorry if I'm stepping on a FAQ thread somewhere.  Anyway I got it into my head to try to install FS2open on my current machine.  Windows 7 64-bit, multi-monitor, current nvidia drivers, Phenom x4.  I still have my old disk in good condition so I thought I'd install from that instead of buying twice.  The installer WILL NOT RUN.  Looking online with my limited google-fu it looks like it will take over an hour for the executable to form a visible window and 36 hours to complete install if my case is anything like the last one I can find.  I can't do that.  So... Anybody have a solution I couldn't find because SEO'd crap sites drowned it out?

[davolfman]

NVM.  I had an old copy of AVG installed.  Once I removed that it seems to be working just fine.  I'll go MSE to replace it.  Apparently it really doesn't like antivirus, more than normal.

[Jeff Vader]

Great! To avoid this situation in the future, you could copy your entire \freespace2\ directory onto an external HDD or DVD or whatever as a backup. Mainly since FS2 isn't particularly picky about installation; the launcher will create any necessary registry entries when run, if those registry entries do not yet exist. When you need to get FS2 up and running on a new system, just copy the directory there from your backup, run the launcher and boom. That's it.