Posted January 27, 2011
The color problem is caused by a conflict with explorer.exe. Here are the steps for ending the explorer process and restarting it once you are done playing.
1. Right click on the task bar and click "Open Task Manager"
2. Start Dark Reign.
3. Hit Alt+Tab to minimize the game.
4. Go back to the Task Manager and go to the processes tab. Find "explorer.exe", right click on it, and click "End Process". Your desktop will disappear, that is normal.
5. Hit Alt+Tab again to go back to Dark Reign.
6. After exiting the game, the Task Manager should still be there. Click File->New Task.
7. In the text box, type "explorer.exe" (without quotes). Your desktop will be back.
I have put together some batch files to automate this process (name these whatever you'd like to):
Original Game:
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
"Dark Reign - Original Game.exe"
pause
start explorer.exe
Expansion:
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
"Dark Reign - Expansion.exe"
pause
start explorer.exe
Copy and paste these into notepad and save them with a .bat file extension. Then save them in "C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Dark Reign\" or wherever you installed the game. After you do this, right click on each of the batch files, Send To -> Desktop. This will create a shortcut.
Hope this helps
1. Right click on the task bar and click "Open Task Manager"
2. Start Dark Reign.
3. Hit Alt+Tab to minimize the game.
4. Go back to the Task Manager and go to the processes tab. Find "explorer.exe", right click on it, and click "End Process". Your desktop will disappear, that is normal.
5. Hit Alt+Tab again to go back to Dark Reign.
6. After exiting the game, the Task Manager should still be there. Click File->New Task.
7. In the text box, type "explorer.exe" (without quotes). Your desktop will be back.
I have put together some batch files to automate this process (name these whatever you'd like to):
Original Game:
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
"Dark Reign - Original Game.exe"
pause
start explorer.exe
Expansion:
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
"Dark Reign - Expansion.exe"
pause
start explorer.exe
Copy and paste these into notepad and save them with a .bat file extension. Then save them in "C:\Program Files\GOG.com\Dark Reign\" or wherever you installed the game. After you do this, right click on each of the batch files, Send To -> Desktop. This will create a shortcut.
Hope this helps
Post edited January 27, 2011 by relynt