Q243922: AoE II: Patch Available for "You Are Victorious" Messages
Article: Q243922
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): 2.0
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kberrmsg aoe kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 16-AUG-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, version 2.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you play a single player Random Map or Death Match game in Microsoft Age of
Empires II: The Age of Kings, you may receive the following message a few
minutes after you start the game:
You are victorious!
RESOLUTION
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To resolve this issue, download and install the "You are Victorious!" Message
Update for Age of Empires II (Age2cpfix.exe) from the Microsoft Download
Center.
The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
Age2cpfix.exe
(http://download.microsoft.com/download/aoeaok/Update/1.0/W9X/EN-US/age2cpfix.exe)
Release Date: Dec-03-1999
For additional information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click
the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
Q119591 How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current
virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was
posted. The file is stored on secure servers that prevent any unauthorized
changes to the file.
If the Age of Empires update does not resolve the issue, the game population is
set to high and difficulty is set to low. In this situation, you will win with
in a couple of minutes because the computer will give up. To resolve this
behavior, set the population to 50-100, and then select a harder setting.
MORE INFORMATION
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This problem has not been reported in single player Regicide games.
The Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 2.0a Update includes the "You
are Victorious!" Message Update for Age of Empires II, as well as an artificial
intelligence update and other enhancements and fixes.
For additional information about how to download the Age of Kings 2.0a Update,
click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
Q273414 Age of Empires II Update 2.0a Available for Download
To download different language versions of the Age of Empires II updates, visit
the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/games/age2/downloads.htm
NOTE: Under certain rare conditions, the Age of Empires II updates do not resolve
this issue. If this is the case, uninstall the game, delete the game folder,
empty the Windows Temp folder, run the Registry Checker tool, restart the
computer in Safe mode, and then reinstall the program in Safe mode. To do this,
use the following methods in the order in which they are presented.
Uninstall Age of Empires II
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1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. In the list of installed programs, click "Microsoft Age of Empires II", and
then click Add/Remove.
4. When you are prompted to uninstall the program, click Yes.
5. When the uninstallation process is complete, click Start, point to Find, and
then click "Files or Folders".
6. In the Named box, type "age of empires ii" including the quotation marks.
NOTE: If you did not install Age of Empires II in the default folder, type the
name of the folder in which you installed the game.
7. In the "Look in" box, click the hard disk on which Age of Empires II was
installed, and then click Find Now.
8. In the list of found files and folders, right-click the "Age of Empires II"
folder, and then click Delete.
If you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes or "Yes to all".
Empty the Temp Folder
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To empty the Temp folder, follow the appropriate steps for your version of
Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft Windows 95:
To empty the Temp folder:
1. Click Start, and then click Shut Down.
2. Click "Restart the Computer in MS-DOS mode", and then click OK.
3. Type the following lines, pressing ENTER after you type each line:
cd temp
del *.tmp
exit
Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), or Microsoft Windows 2000:
To empty the Temp folder and the Temporary Internet Files folder, use the Disk
Cleanup tool:
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools,
and then click Disk Cleanup.
2. Click C:, the drive in which Windows is installed.
3. Click OK.
4. Click to select the "Temporary files" check box.
5. Click OK, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.
Run ScanDisk
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1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools,
and then click ScanDisk.
2. Click Thorough, click to select the "Automatically fix errors" check box, and
then click Start.
3. When ScanDisk finishes scanning your hard disk, click Close.
Run the Windows Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe)
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If you use a Windows 98-based or Windows Me-based computer, run the Registry
Checker tool with the /fix and /opt command-line switches:
1. Restart the computer to a command prompt. To do this, use the appropriate
method for your version of Microsoft Windows.
Windows 98:
Restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key after your computer
completes the Power On Self Test (POST), and then select "Command prompt
only" from the Startup menu.
Windows Me:
Insert the Windows Me Startup disk into your floppy disk drive, restart your
computer, and then select "Minimal boot" from the Startup menu.
2. At the command prompt, type "scanreg /fix" (without the quotation marks), and
then press ENTER.
NOTE: The /fix command-line switch instructs the Registry Checker tool to
repair any damaged portions of the registry.
3. When the Registry Checker tool finishes repairing the registry, press ENTER.
4. At the command prompt, type "scanreg /opt" (without the quotation marks), and
then press ENTER.
NOTE: The /opt command-line switch instructs the Registry Checker tool to
optimize the registry by removing unused space.
5. When the Registry Checker tool finishes optimizing the registry, restart the
computer.
For additional information about the Windows Registry Checker tool, click the
article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q183887 Description of the Windows Registry Checker Tool (Scanreg.exe)
Clean Boot Your Computer
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To clean boot your computer, use the appropriate steps for your version of
Microsoft Windows.
Windows ME:
1. Click Start, click Run, type "msconfig" (without the quotation marks) in the
Open box, and then click OK.
2. On the General tab, click Selective startup.
3. Click to clear all of the check boxes under Selective startup.
4. On the Startup tab, click to select the *StateMgr check box.
5. Click OK. When you see the prompt to restart your computer, click Yes. After
the computer restarts, click Start, click Run, type "msconfig" (without the
quotation marks) in the Open box, and then click OK.
IMPORTANT: Ensure that the check boxes you cleared in the General tab are still
cleared. Proceed to step 6 if all of the check boxes are cleared. If you see a
disabled or gray check box, your computer is not clean-booted and you may need
assistance from the manufacturer of the program that places a check mark back
into Msconfig.
6. After you verify that your computer is clean-booted in step 5, you can
isolate the issue. If the original issue does not reoccur after the clean
boot, select one item at a time under Selective startup, and then restart the
computer to see if the additional entry reproduces the original issue.
Windows 98:
1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools,
and then click System Information.
2. On the Tools menu, click System Configuration Utility.
3. On the General tab, click Selective Startup, and then click to clear the
following check boxes:
- Process Config.sys file
- Process Autoexec.bat file
- Process Winstart.bat file (if available)
- Process Win.ini file
- Load Startup group items
4. Click OK. When you are prompted to restart the computer, do so.
NOTE: To restore your original Startup options, click Normal Startup on the
General tab in the System Configuration Utility tool.
For additional information about how to clean boot Windows 98, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q192926 How to Perform Clean-Boot Troubleshooting for Windows 98
For additional information about how clean boot Windows Me, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q267288 How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows Millennium Edition
Windows 95:
1. Restart the computer. When you see the "Starting Windows 95" message, press
the F8 key, and then select Step By Step Confirmation from the Startup menu.
2. Press Y at each prompt except the following two prompts. At the following two
prompts, press N:
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Process your startup device driver (CONFIG.SYS) [Enter=Y, Esc=N]?
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Process your startup command file (AUTOEXEC.BAT) [Enter=Y,Esc=N]?
3. Disable any anti-virus or disk tool programs installed on the computer. For
information about how to disable these programs, see the printed or online
documentation for the program.
4. Quit all running programs except Explorer and Systray. To do this:
a. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE.
b. Click the program you want to quit, and then click End Task.
c. If you receive a message that the program is busy or not responding, click
End Task again.
Repeat this step until you have quit all programs except Explorer and Systray.
NOTE: To restore your original Startup options, restart the computer normally,
and then enable any anti-virus or disk tool programs installed on the computer.
For information about how to enable these programs, see the printed or online
documentation for the program.
For additional information about how to clean boot Windows 95, click the article
number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q177604 Multimedia: Troubleshooting Using Clean Boot of Windows 95
Reinstall Age of Empires II
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To reinstall Age of Empires II:
1. Insert the Age of Empires II CD-ROM into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
If Age of Empires II Setup does not start automatically:
a. Click Start, and then click Run.
b. In the Open box, type the following line, and then click OK
<cd-rom>:\setup.exe
where <cd-rom> is the drive letter of the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
2. Follow the instructions on the screen to install Age of Empires II.
3. Download and install the "You are Victorious!" Message Update for Age of
Empires II (Age2cpfix.exe) from the Microsoft Download Center.
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Keywords : kberrmsg aoe kbimu msgame
Technology : kbHomeProdSearch kbGamesSearch kbAOESearch kbAOE2Kings
Version : :2.0
Issue type : kbbug
Solution Type : kbfix
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