Cant figure out how to get this game to work

The problem is not because the game is 32bit. Fact is the vast majority of games are 32bit and run fine on 64 bit Windows.

without using a Virtual Machine.

• The first thing that needs to be done with old games is to enable Direct Play. Go to....

Programs and Features > Turn Windows Features On or Off (left column)

Then scroll down to and enable - Legacy Components and Direct Play.

It may not be required with newer versions of Win10, but as a precaution you should also Sign Out (R/click on the Start button

and select Sign Out from the list ) and sign back into Windows again to save this option.

• Regarding using a Compatibility setting. You may find that using Compatibility for Win95/98 will help some games from 2002 

and earlier as this is said to force Windows to run the game on a single core of your processor. Some old games get confused

by multi-core cpu's.

• If you have both Integrated Graphics (Intel HD or AMD APU)  and a dedicated graphics card you may find a few games that

won't run on your dedicated graphics card will run on your integrated graphics. This is not common though, but worth trying.

• Many games from '95 are DOS based. These games need DOS BOX, which is an emulator that runs DOS based games.

You can download a user interface called D-Fend Reloaded which includes DOS BOX, but this option has a somewhat steep

learning curve.  D-Fend Reloaded: Overview

[EDIT: I just had a look and see this games initial release was '93, and that version is DOS based. However the developers have

apparently been updating the game over the years and are now up to a 3rd edition.

If you are using the 3rd edition you may want to contact the developer/publisher regarding your problem with the game

if enabling Direct Play or using a Compatibility option do not help. This newer version is more likely to benefit from

using XP sp2/3 than 95/98 though.

• Is this the version of the game you have ?  https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Trail-3rd-PC/dp/B0009MF6LC

The easiest option for DOS based games is to download the game from Good Old Games, or Steam as they have patched the

games to suit modern Windows and will install the game with DOS BOX , or any other emulators (eg- ScummVM)

that may be required automatically... Too easy.

GOG have frequent sales with 60/75% off the full price, so you can pick these vintage games up for a few USD.

--- http://www.gog.com/

• The other big issue with games of this vintage that may use early forms of DirectX is some use a 16bit installer, and 16bit installers

are not compatible with any 64 bit Windows.

Some of the more popular old games have had 32bit installers created by fans and the new installers can be download

from a fan based site.

[EIDT: Some games with 16bit installers are not 16bit games, but this one may be a 16bit game as well. ]

There are often problems with colour on vintage games as well, and these games will sometimes have a fix available if

the game is popular enough to have a large following.

• Last but definitely not least... MS have built a 'security feature' into Win10 that prevents hundreds of disc based games from launching.

This feature blocks the driver used by SafeDisk copy protection, so to run these games you need to use a noCD fix/hack.

I have more details on DRM Blocking in my post at   ---this thread---

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Hi there, thanks for your question.

Firstly, try the Windows Compatibility Mode to see if the app will run:

• Right-click on the program, and then select Properties.
• Go to the Compatibility tab.
• Check the box for Run this program in compatibility mode for.
• Click the drop-down menu, and then select older versions of Windows. Whichever works.
• Click Apply, and then OK.

If this doesn't work, you'll need to try the steps in the below article to set up a Virtual Machine which will allow you to run an older version of Windows:

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/setup-a-virtua...

Please let me know if you need further support! Thanks!

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Hello, the only way to get a 32-bit version program to work on a 64-bit version is to install a virtual machine Inside your system.In my opinion, you'd better play 64-bit games on tour computer.