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Fallout 3 start a new game (fallout 3 has stopped working) Help!

Anonymous
2011-08-28T11:49:40+00:00

I have windows 7 home premium, I just downloaded fallout 3 off of gamestop. I was excited to play so I booted it up and when I start a new game it goes to the loading screen everytime then crashes. it gives me a window saying fallout 3 has stopped working.. I would really appreciate an answer as I would love to play this game.

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-11-02T04:33:43+00:00

    Hey everyone.  It took me quite a while to find the answer to this one.  I recently upgraded my older laptop to a new Windows 7 OS based 64 bit core I7 Dell.  I reinstalled my copy of Fallout 3 GOY edition, and it would crash upon startup, as soon as I clicked "new game".  After reading hundreds of posts about Fallout 3 crashing, I finally came across this you tube video that showed me the fix. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GN5HbMsMVE  Basically, the original Fallout 3 (and Fallout 3 GOY edition) is missing the d3d9.dll file in the Fallout 3 directory.  Downloading this dll and putting it into the Fallout 3 directory fixed this for me instantly. 

    Hope it helps!

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-29T07:22:48+00:00

    Fallout 3 will run on Windows 7.

    Just install it in compatability mode for XP.

    It's a pain to install, but it will work.

    How do i do this???

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-08-29T16:02:37+00:00

    Fallout 3 will run on Windows 7.

    Just install it in compatability mode for XP.

    It's a pain to install, but it will work.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-08-29T06:52:27+00:00

    Hi,

    Fallout 3 is not compatible with windows7; here is the link to check compatibility:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/Search.aspx?type=Software&s=Fallout%203&os=32-bit

    Step 1:  As a work around you can try running the game in compatibility mode and check if it helps.

    “Make older programs run in this version of Windows”: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Make-older-programs-run-in-this-version-of-Windows

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