
You need to perform a Clean Boot to prevent any conflicting third party applications from interfering with your computer. You can use Task Manager to monitor your computer’s performance or to close a program that's not responding. Task Manager displays the programs, processes, and services that are currently running on your computer. I would suggest you to check in Task Manger, whether the game is not responding. Have you made any recent hardware or software changes to your computer? The issue could be caused if the game is corrupted or if any third party software is conflicting with the game. (it wasn't)Īny other tips or ideas to try would be appreciated! Opened task manager and made sure setup.exe wasn't running under processes. Select OK and restart the application. The disc was already in, but I ejected it, checked for dirt/dust/fingerprints/scratches (none) and put it back in, then selected Start the Program again. A window popped up with the message, "Insert Zoo Tycoon 2: Ultimate Collection Disc 1 into yourĬD-ROM drive. It auto-selected WIndows compatibility mode Windows XP (Service Pack 2), then I clicked Start the Program. Right clicking and troubleshooting compatibility. After the installation, it gave me the option to play, which I selected, but it went back to my desktop same as before.

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium (service pack 1) and the game has played fine until today. When I click play, the launcher disappears, and then my computer goes back to the desktop (almost as if When I put in my Zoo Tycoon Ultimate Collection disc 1, the game launcher comes up giving me the options to "Play", "Uninstall", "Website", or "Exit".
