Unable to play Stronghold Crusader in Windows 10

Hi Joseph,

Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

I appreciate you for providing details about the issue and we are happy to help you.

I suggest you to uninstall and reinstall the Stronghold: Crusader game in compatibility mode and check.

Follow the below steps:

1. Right click on the setup file and select Properties.

2. Select Compatibility tab.

3. Check Run this program in Compatibility mode.

4. Let the game install and then check the functionality.

If the issue still persists then, I would recommend you to run the game in the compatibility mode and check if it works.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.

I converted to windows 10 from 7. I have on my PC Stronghold 1 HD, 2 HD, crusader HD, crusader extreme HD and stronghold legends HD. Every time I try and start these games I get a direct play error saying I need to have direct play installed. I try and install direct from the game as well as manually in the legacy features area and it tries to install and then stops with an error saying not all the features can be installed. I have read about this loads, I have contacted the game maker who tells me it is a windows 10 issue. I have tried doing this with my avast turned off as well as windows defender! I am sick of trying and reading and am ready to toss in the towel on windows all together, all I want is to play these games and I am so sick of the red tape and wild goose chase! Can we get to the fix please? How can I fix this?

Hi.

I have the same problem, I like this game so much and know it never works.

I hope that Microsoft will fix the problem,  it´s so bad that i I can never play this game again....

Another possibility for Win 10 that worked for me: When I started the game, there was only a black screen and then it crashed...I tried all possibilities from the internet (Win7 Compatibility usw.) but nothing worked. Then I realized, that my internal graphic card CLONED my Desktops with another Display, that wasn`t even switched on. So I switched to only one Display/Screen and violà....worked.

Seems so easy bit if you don't know...

So I tried this and I get a message saying cannot access installation file because it is being used by another process. If I restart and don't use compatibility mode I can install the game but then still cannot run it even if I use compatibility mode to run the game. Then is says error program stopped working. I have used every compatibility mode option and the troubleshooter and run as administrator. nothing worked please help,