I don’t think is his cd the problem. I think It’s his new pc with the win10x64 the “problem”. So he don’t need to buy a new copy of Falcon 4 in my opinion as he installed the game in older pc’s with Win XP and Win7 allready.
@stollysoft I’ll try to tell you what i did exactly an make my setup cd work.
- please follow the bellow steps to go at safe mode. Be aware of step #5 to press 4 or F4 and not 5/F5. You don’t need a network support for this installation.
1 . Press Windows logo key Windows logo key+I on your keyboard to open Settings. If that doesn’t work, select the Start button in the lower-left corner of your screen, then select Settings.
2. Select Update & security > Recovery.
3. Under Advanced startup, select Restart now.
4. After your PC restarts to the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart.
5. After your PC restarts, you’ll see a list of options. Select 4 or F4 to start your PC in Safe Mode.
- Before went to safe mode I had the cd in drive.
- Before went to safe mode I turn off the box at “Run this program in compatibility mode for:” for setup.exe and autorun
- In safe mode I execute the setup.exe direct from cd. The autorun didn’t start.
- I installed the Falcon 4 in diferent disk than C:\ with out problem (I choosed my other SSD drive E:).
- The installation went smooth and took around 5 minutes. In every installation screen I just clicked next without check or unchek any boxes except where to install the game (drive e:\ for me).
- UAC was disabled before enter safe mode.
- I have one user account in my Win10x64 pc and this account is the admin (ofcourse)
- I right click on setup.exe and run it as administrator.
- My original Falcon 4 CD is like brand new. The surface is like a mirron. Without scratches or fingertips.
- Pls check the attached photo bellow and veriffy that you have the Falcon 4 and not other versions of Falcon. I know you have this one but lets do a Frederf’s check :)) .
If the above don’t work for you (please try in ones more following the above step by step) then try in safe mode to change the compatibility mode (try them all).
If I come with something else I’ll keep you posted.
P.S. I know that feeling were something work fine for everyone and not for me, but also I respect the lines I have to not cross for make it work.
Hope you will end with a happy installation of Falcon 4 asap.