Windows Media Edition not lanching programs

[Vashinred]

I have Windows Media Edition operating system. So far its like XP except my other computer which has xp plays starcraft and Rise of nations. Not to mention age of empires, C&C, ETC...

 

 

 

I want to play these games, the computer can easily handle them but it wont launch. I install it fine, add an icon and when i go to run or play it, nothing happens. NOTHING. It acts like i did not launch anything. Is their a way to see whats going on?

[Brandon_7]

Well, after you click on the games to run them, open Task Manager (press Ctrl + Alt + Del). In the "Processes" tab, look for something with a name similar to the game you tried to run. If you don't see anything like that here, then your computer likely isn't running the program at all.

[Vashinred]

I looked at It and see Rise[Caution: Executable File] and Nation[Caution: Executable File]. Nations[Caution: Executable File] is using 5-1 CPU and Rise is using 0. seems it is running. but how do i play it?

[Denismage]

If I remember correctly, the programs that require multiple files (unlike calculator for example) don't launch because the DCOM server process launcher is disabled, but I might be wrong. All I remember for sure is that disabling one of the services causes that. Sorry for not spoon feeding you.

[Vashinred]

Are you saying I should somehow enable that? A Quick search didnt reveal much on it. Just a wiki and a few- oh whats this? how to disable DCOM? Though after reading through it i see it shouldn't apply to Windows Media Edition. But I'll back up my data anyways and give it a go in a while. And Im looking in to seeing if Rise[Caution: Executable File] and Nations[Caution: Executable File] is Rise of Nations. BTW Ive installed it on My XP desktop and it worked fine.