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How do I get a game installed in Windows XP Mode.
LockedI have a Lenovo desktop computer with Windows 7 Pro installed. My customer (an autistic young man) wants a couple of Carmen Sandiego games installed. These old games are for Windows 3.1 or Win 95 so I decided to install them in Windows XP Mode. I have downloaded and installed (apparently successfully) Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode. When I execute the Setup file from the Carmen Sandiego CD, a DOS window briefly pops up and then disappears and nothing else. I have tried all the compatibility modes with the same result. I copied all the files on the CD to a directory on the Win 7 C drive and tried to execute the Setup file from there using the default location on the Virtual PC C drive. The setup file does execute but during installation I get: “File transfer error. The installer was unable to transfer files from ‘etup\archive\ to C:\Program files\Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego v3.0’.” and the install process terminates. Notice that the path should be “setup\archive\ instead of “etup\archive\ (I have no ideal what that is about). I have tried copying the files from the CD to a directory on the Virtual PC C drive and executing the setup file from there with exactly the same result. Where do I go from here?