The Movies (Lionhead Studios) not running in Windows 10

I just found a copy of the expansion pack today and decided to try and install it. I found the ONLY video I can find that actually has some sort of solution telling you to download a crack after installing it. While it works for him and apparently it does for other people commenting on the video it does NOT work for me in the slightest. It launches then minimizes and that's it. Getting really annoyed with this at the moment.

There are no compatibility issues with The Movies and Win10.

The Movies will run well on Win10 64bit, as it did on Win7. No Compatibility setting, tweaks or fixes necessary.

The issue with this game - if it is on disk -  is entirely to do with Win10, and it's malware - DRM Blocking.

DRM Blocking  only applies to disk based versions of the game, so a downloaded demo will not have the problem.

• The reason it only applies to the disk based version of the game is they have stripped the DRM from the

digital download versions of the games that use the secdrv.sys driver.  I have more details in my rant  --here--

• There is also a link to a noCD fix in my previous post on this thread.
• DRM issues, on 64bit Windows in particular, were already one of the main issues with games not running.

This and 16bit installers on old games are probably the most common issue with games not running, and being

mistakenly labeled as incompatible, from Win7 on.

Now MS wants to punish holders of collections of disk based games again.

• Regarding Media Player 9 .  I did not install The Movies to Win10. It was installed when using Win7,

and I'm using VLC Media Player as default, so this may be why the games 'movies' will run, and  there may be

a small potential that the game will not install due to newer versions of Windows Media Player being detected.

However, that the game required MP9 does not indicate the game will not run Win 10's MP 12 .

The game was released when Media Player 9 was the current, and minimum requirement version.

If anything, installing MP9 onto Win10 could cause issues.

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Hi,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Please provide the following information with us to understand the issue better.

• Have tried installing the game in Compatibility mode?

Please follow the below steps and check if it helps.

Method 1: I nstall the game in compatibility mode.

****a. Locate the executable file (.exe file) for the game. 

b. Right-click the file, and then click Properties.

c. In the Package Name Properties dialog box, click the Compatibility tab.

d. Click to select the Run this program in compatibility mode for check box, click Windows 8with which it is compatible with in the Run this program in compatibility mode for list, and then click OK.

e. Double-click the executable file to start the game.

I suggest you to Update the Windows 10 Drivers and check if it help.

Please refer to the below article “How to: Install and Update drivers in Windows 10”by Mr. Andre Da Costa to update the drivers:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/insider/wiki/insider\_wintp-insider\_devices/how-to-install-and-update-drivers-in-windows-10/a97bbbd1-9973-4d66-9a5b-291300006293

You may contact “The Movies” Game support for the further assistance so that they can assist you better

Hope these information helps, please get back to us for future support, we’ll be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

Does not work period, Thanks tho. please I am begging find a fix!

Thanks for that... but none of the advice here has worked...

So.. I figured I would try and partition my hd and install Win7... which should just be able to run The Movies... 

I got the partition sorted quite easily and got myself a copy of Win7, but it will not install into partition... 

Anyone else had that kind of problem? 

Does anyone know if you can run Win98 in a partition under Win10?

H

There is a whole issue with backwards compatibility.

Surely, a favorite game is no different to a favorite album... to effectively say with a tech update that, 'you just can't play that any more'... is just not good enough. 

What if someone were to say you could not play your pre-2005 music cds or read books that they consider outdated? 

What is it that allows Microsoft not to fix compatibility issues, but just to release a new media player? 

In the meantime, if anyone finds a fix to get The Movies playing in Win 10, would they kindly let me know? 

HJM

Try playing a phonograph record on your CD player, or a VHS tape on your DVD player. Both of those media will still play on the devices they were designed to play on.    It's always the media providers who are responsible for ensuring compatibility with new OS versions, not Microsoft.  Do you really think that it's reasonable to expect that new versions of Windows can be expected to maintain compatibility with all of the Windows software that's ever been sold?