On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 18:25 +0000, Mike S. wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:49:47 GMT, "Magnate"
> <contact.me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >Doh. I knew I was forgetting something! Thanks for all the replies -
running
> >BGMain is the answer. As long as the paths are correct in baldur.ini,
you do
> >NOT need to reinstall, nor do you need any registry entries at all.
>
> Hey this isn't true for every game is it? I've always believed that
> games needed to be installed to work correctly. But my own test after
> your post showed that BG would work fine without registry entries,so
> now I am not so sure what to believe.
It depends entirely on whether the game is self-contained (ie. does not
use any files outside its own install dir). Many games use dlls which
reside in the system directory (c:\windows\system or c:\Program Files\
Common Files or wherever) - these are the ones that don't seem to work
without their registry entries (even though there's no reason for them
not to look in the default places for the files they need). StarCraft,
for example, doesn't work without a reinstall, yet Diablo II does
(though it won't patch properly without the registry entries).
I'm keeping a list of games which do and don't require reinstalls after
a registry wipe (e.g. after reinstalling Windows). If there is any
interest I'll post it somewhere (it's not very long so far).
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