Battle for Middle Earth II Windows 10?

Hi there I know this a problem a lot of are facing and I was struggling with it. A lot of the forums suggested compatibility mode for XP and I tried that but didn't work so I tried win 7 Compatibility mode and it worked. So I would suggest you to try that and I hope it works for you just like it did for me.

Thank you for the feedback. I attempted to run the game in compatibility mode with Windows 7 and other compatibility options, but none of them worked. I also went through and updated my drivers as described, but still no success.

This morning I also tried copying over the full list of "AppData" for this game from my parents computer, and copy-pasting the files into my "AppData" for the game because the folder was empty and I had read other forums suggesting to manually enter an options.ini file, which I had tried but had not worked. Even with an exact copy of the existing and working files from my parents Windows 10 computer, it still did not work on mine.

I tried running compatibility mode on the game with various options, but none of them worked.

I still got the "Program is not Responding" error message while trying to load the game, and more often I've been receiving the "Cannot locate CR-ROM" error, which makes me wonder, is it perhaps my external disk drive that's the problem? Because it worked to install the game, works to load CD's or burn them, etc. But for whatever reason the game just will not run.

Any feedback or potential fixes would be greatly appreciated

I am not quite sure what the problem is, but i am suspecting it is 100% driver/OS related.

I can run my disc perfectly fine on my windows 7 computer which I upgraded months ago. However my laptop had problems running bfme2 when it was still on windows 8.1 (I still don't know how I got it to work but it worked only once). Compatibility mode is not going to work for anyone, all you can hope to get there is telling it to run it as administrator. If you change the windows version compatibility 99/100 times you will get "insert correct disc" pop-up.

One of the strange things I noticed on my system: the game launches with the default missing_icon icon in the task bar. Then quickly my screen flashes and it has no icon at all. After that the screen will go black a moment (like it is actually launching properly) and then it stops working (sometimes even without a "*** has stopped working" pop-up.

For anyone trying to find a fix: options.ini will be missing after installing but it is not the source of this bug/crash. Different resolutions in the options file did not matter on any system I have checked this on.

So far I have no reason to believe that the problem lies within the disc/software (other then the options.ini missing)

**Neither do I have any reason to believe that the version of windows is what matters, it is a DRIVER RELATED PROBLEM.**I was on the point of downgrading back to windows 8.1 when I decided to check video/audio drivers, turned out that my video driver somehow messed up with it. After uninstalling the driver it finally launched!

If anyone has problems fixing the .ini file, google bfme2 startup fixer. It creates the map when it is missing along with some default setting (if your game doesn't run after running that fix I suggest you simply give up.

TL;DR

This is most likely a driver related issue, since it isn't game/disc related OR OS related at all. Please do however always insure that you have the options.ini file before trying to downgrade/upgrade your drivers or anything else.

The driver causing the issue on my PC: Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500. latest version.

Hi!

I had the same problem that you have, and i asked EA support to give me an unmaterialistic version of the rise of the Witch King that works in windows 10 (but you need to own an original key installation with the EA-account linked (they check it !))

(I described all my steps in this question page:

https://answers.microsoft.com/fr-fr/windows/forum/games\_windows\_10/message-derreur-le-cd-rom-est-introuvable-pour-la/44e5bc98-c206-44ae-869d-ad906fee2530?tm=1507327139570. It's on french but you should be good using Google Translate)

I hope it'll hep you if you are still trying to play that great game !

Hi,

We appreciate you for being a part of Windows 10.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.

Before proceeding, we need more information to help you better.

1. Have you tried to install the game in compatibility mode?
2. Did you updates the graphics card?

Kindly follow the below methods and check if the issue persist.

Method 1:

I suggest you to update the graphics card drivers. Refer to the below article to update the drivers in Windows 10.

**How to: Install and Update drivers in Windows 10**

Method 2:

Step 1: Uninstall the game.

Refer to the below steps to uninstall the game.

1. Press Windows + X keys on the keyboard, and select Programs and features.
2. Right Click on Program/game (which you want to uninstall) and select uninstall.
3. Click on yes if prompted.
4. Reboot the system and check if you face the issue.

Step 2: Install the game in compatibility mode.

Compatibility mode runs the program using settings from a previous version of Windows. Try this setting if you know the program is designed for (or worked in) a specific previous version of Windows.To change compatibility settings manually for a program, right-click the program icon, click Properties, and then click the Compatibility tab. Follow the below steps to install the game in compatibility mode.

1. Right-click on the game setup file (game which you need to install again) and click on Properties.
2. Click on the compatibility tab and check the box Run this program in compatibility mode for and select previous Operating System from the drop down.
3. Click on Apply and click ‘OK’ and run the file to install it.

Reference: I suggest you to refer to the below article and check if it helps. Applies to other games as well.

Troubleshoot games.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/263039

I hope the above information helps. Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with Windows. We are glad to assist you.

Thank you.