Close, yet far: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Yeah, I’ve got a copy of the new Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix game (which came out yesterday).
The problem? I can’t install it. Though my computer exceeds the system requirements, it won’t let me.
The installer launches, I type in the serial number, then I get to the EULA page (which is blank for some reason). I click “Accept”, despite the EULA not coming up. The installer closes with the following error:
What the heck? I have DirectX 9.0c! I try reinstalling DirectX. No change. No matter what I do, the installer halts before it even gets a chance to copy any files.
Currently I’m waiting for a reply from EA’s tech support guys.
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July 7th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Got the game yesterday, and i have the same, also did you have no user agreement to scroll down through???
July 13th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
I had this problem erlier and found a solution!
The easiest thing to do is to go to start menu –> run and in the run box type in d:\\autorun.exe -DXInstalled where d:\\ is your optical drive letter. This will tell the game to skip the DX installation step and the license agreement. Worked first time for me. Hope this helps. Works with all games.
August 4th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
No, I didn’t have the user agreement. I found a fix (though Gideon Prewett’s seems to work as well).
My solution: http://blogs.ntugo.com/gaming/2007/06/30/its-working-harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/
August 16th, 2007 at 10:14 am
It seems that a lot of current EA Games titles have this problem, like Need For Speed Carbon.
The d:\\autorun.exe -DXInstalled trick works with Need for Speed, and I’d imagine it works with others as well. Better remember this.
March 26th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Thanks, Gideon. I was about to return this one to Wal-Mart. it might turn out to be worth the $10 after all.
Oh, and the switch “-DXInstalled” is case-sensitive, in case anyone else is struggling with this problem. (it threw me off in my first attempt.)