Will Oolite work on Windows 10 ?

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Will Oolite work on Windows 10 ?

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Just thought I ought to check as I cannot be doing without my Oolite :D
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Re: Will Oolite work on Windows 10 ?

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There has been one comment already on this and that was a few months ago:
https://bb.oolite.space/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=17187
I would still be very interested to have some more recent news on that. If anyone is using Oolite on a current Windows 10 build, let us know what your experience is.
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i had to reinstall the OS as the win10 install corrupted on an update.. it is beta so....

from what i remember i think Oolite ran in compatibility mode for Win 7 or Win 8....cant remember but it did run..

that netbook is single core atom @ 1.6GHz with intel GMA950 graphics.... so it should run easily on a higher spec computer.
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Re: Will Oolite work on Windows 10 ?

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I can happily report that Windows 10 has not broken my beloved Oolite .
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Duggan wrote:
I can happily report that Windows 10 has not broken my beloved Oolite .
Whether Windows 10 will break your sanity, however, is another question entirely.. :mrgreen:
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Whether Windows 10 will break your sanity, however, is another question entirely.. :mrgreen:
Oh no worries about my sanity ..that particular ship has long since departed the space dock :mrgreen:
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Re: Will Oolite work on Windows 10 ?

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I cant get it to run on Win 10 every time i try and install the game i get a flag saying
Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.

Im not a complete dunce but this is beyond my meager PC skills and I did notice that the file is showing as a application not an exe. file

Any help on this would be helpful

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Welcome aboard, Commander! I'm a Win7 holdout, so I can't help - but Oolite should work on WX.
You could try disabling your AV, perhaps - but hopefully someone who knows will be along soon.
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Thanks turning off my AV worked I should have thought of that but having a brain dead day
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Wolfspiritcc wrote: Fri Feb 26, 2021 2:17 am
Thanks turning off my AV worked
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Re: Will Oolite work on Windows 10 / 11 ?

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According to various reports Windows 11 will be announced next week, so we can start worrying about that now...

https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-11-release-date

I don't understand the technicalities well enough to know what's changing, there are some leaks here focusing on the look of the thing

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/15/2253 ... start-menu

but not much so far about what's happening under the hood.

Anyone here a beta tester?
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