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To install the full retail version of AOE3 on a win2k system as people in here have said, you have to use the command prompt:
1. Start bar > Run...
2. Type in cmd and press OK
3. When the Dos window appears type in D: or which ever letter your cd/dvd rom drive is; then press Enter.
4. Type in setup /a and press Enter.
5. Wait for the installation wizard to appear, and press Next.
6. Then type in the destination as to where you want it to be installed. I recommend using the default path, which is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age Of Empires 3
7. Press Install.
After that you can run the game from the Game icon (not the autorun feature by inserting CD1) If you do not have the Game icon on your desktop then create it. To do so locate your Game directory (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age Of Empires 3), then find aoe3.exe and Right click on it, then click Send to > Desktop.
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Note: Once you have the game installed and try to run it, you may get an error about a d3dx9_25.dll if this is the case, then you can either download the D3DX April Update from
http://www.toymaker.info/Games/html/d3dx_dlls.html or reinstall DirectX9 completely.
Note: Once you have that done, you may also get another error about MSXML 4; if this is the case then you should install msxml4msms.exe from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...ang=en#filelist
After that the game should run.
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Note: Once you have the game installed and try to run it, you may get an error about a d3dx9_25.dll if this is the case, then you can either download the D3DX April Update from http://www.toymaker.info/Games/html/d3dx_dlls.html or reinstall DirectX9 completely.
