Diablo® III

so i figured id install diablo 2 and play well i wait for diablo 3 to launch but it doesnt work it acts like its loading the screen goes black but the game just closes and my event viewer is full of errors like this
The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because composition was disabled by a running application

A request to disable the Desktop Window Manager was made by process (Diablo II)

and

The application (Diablo II, from vendor Blizzard) has the following problem: Diablo II has a known compatibility issue with this version of Windows. For an update that is compatible with this version of Windows, contact Blizzard.

any idea what to do iv googled it and cant find an answer

You may want to try running it in Compatibility Mode set to Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Windows 7 is a very different beast.

I didn't have to do that. I just run it in windowed mode.

Install it first, then go to http://us.battle.net/support/en/article/diablo-ii-patch-information

Install 1.13

When that's done, go to the desktop icon for it, right click it, go to properties, and then select "Run as Windows XP" or w/e and make sure you're on administrator. It works for me as i've been playing it on Win 7 since Sept last year.

Are you installing via CDs or the download from the battlenet site when you link your keys to bnet? I downloaded the installs from bnet and run win7 and have had no issues.

Try running as an admin. If that doesn't work I would reccommend trying to run in compatability mode in addition to running as admin.

i had to manually get the patch on my diablo 2 before i could run it you might try that if you havent already.

using windows 7 64bit

I installed it on my 64-bit Win7 laptop yesterday and didn't have to do anything funky, no forcing compatibility or admin.

I downloaded it from battle.net instead of using my old disks- OP try downloading from battle.net instead. You will have to register your cd key with battle.net.

Right click your shortcut to D2 on your desktop and run as an admin :D

I had issues doing the same thing, then someone mentioned that and it works fine.

iv tried this and nothing

and im installing from the discs forgot ihad linked it to my battle.net account

running it as admin is pretty important if you want to play online.

Depending upon your video card the colours may appear all messed up whilst in game (once you get it working)

If that happens you can do one of 3 things:

- Play in windowed mode (add a -w at the end of your "target" in the Shortcut properties)
- Open Windows 7 Screen Resolution page (right click desktop) and leave it open then resume playing
- There is a REG fix for D2 but I cba looking. I just used the Screen Resolution method.

05/11/2012 11:09 AMPosted by Lilium

running it as admin is pretty important if you want to play online.

just tried compatability mode and run as admin all i got was a black screen and the game froze had to end the process via task manager

You might want to try brining up Task Manager and killing explorer.exe. Then launch the game.

05/11/2012 11:11 AMPosted by ankanamoon

ust tried compatability mode and run as admin all i got was a black screen and the game froze had to end the process via task manager

Did you manually download and patch it to 1.13c ? (Or whatever the latest patch is)

Check your Video card drivers are up to date and reinstall DirectX.

Also, run the video card test (forget exact EXE name in D2 directory) and run it in Direct-Draw mode not Direct-3D.

ETA: x64 Windows 7 Pro on a T7500 workstation and no problems with D2 so I know it works.

05/11/2012 11:11 AMPosted by Cashanda

You might want to try brining up Task Manager and killing explorer.exe. Then launch the game.

Depending upon your video card the colours may appear all messed up whilst in game (once you get it working)

If that happens you can do one of 3 things:

- Play in windowed mode (add a -w at the end of your "target" in the Shortcut properties)
- Open Windows 7 Screen Resolution page (right click desktop) and leave it open then resume playing
- There is a REG fix for D2 but I cba looking. I just used the Screen Resolution method.

adding the -w to the target line worked

Thanks, alphawolf- I was wanting to play D2 as well & needed that patch. I'm playing now on Windows 7 64.

Thanks again!

Thanks, alphawolf- I was wanting to play D2 as well & needed that patch. I'm playing now on Windows 7 64.

Thanks again!

You're welcome! Have fun.