Game Won't Launch from CD
I ordered American McGee's Alice from eBay and it seemed to read just fine when I put it in my computer. The autoplay menu worked correctly and allowed me to install the game, but when I double-click the icon to start it (or when I click "play Alice" from the autoplay menu), a loading spinner pops up next to my mouse and then nothing happens. The program seems to silently crash immediately after opening. No error messages come up and I don't even see the splash screen.
My graphics card drivers are up to date and it doesn't seem to work under any compatibility settings either (I am running Windows 7). No one else seems to have this issue - am I going crazy? What could be the problem?
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Why is my CD game not working?
If the CD-ROM works in Safe Mode but not in normal Windows, a running program is causing the issue, or the drivers are corrupt. Open Device Manager, highlight and remove the CD-ROM by pressing the delete key. After deleting the CD-ROM, reboot the computer. Windows should then detect the CD-ROM and reinstall it.What to do if game is not opening?
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