My Problem

[Noitazilivic NZ]

Hi , i just brought civ 3 and instaled it and everything. then when i went to play it ,it came up 'error:createProcess(C:\windows\TEMP\ef7194.temp)
and it says in a box 'the system cannot find the file specificed'
can anybody help me?

 

[Thunderfall]

weird... have you tried re-installing the game?

You can also try installing the latest 1.29f patch if you haven't already:

http://www.civfanatics.com/civilization3.shtml#patches

 

[Alex Johnson]

Anyone seen this since the original poster? I've had the worst luck with Civ3! I really hate this company and it's products! Started back in the day with vanilla Civ3 and I couldn't install the 1.29f patch. When I did it jumbled all the text on screen in the same line at the bottom of the screen. After ages of playing only UN-PATCHED Civ3 (I know) I bought Civ3 Complete. That started with 1.29f so I was golden, right? Wrong. After six months it started telling me to install the play disk and wouldn't let me start. So I've been without Civ for a while. I finally got another copy of vanilla Civ3 for Christmas today (like I'm going to throw away any more money on this miserable company!). I uninstalled Civ3 Complete. Installed vanilla Civ3. Tried it. Success! Installed the 1.29f patch. Dead on arrival!

No matter how I try to launch the application, I get a dialog whose title is:
"Error: CreatProcess(C:\Docume~1\<userid>\LOCALS~1\Temp\~f39a36.tmp"
and whose window contents are:
"Access is denied."

That's it. No way around it. This temp file is actually a 55KB executable file created by the Civilization3.exe application as it launches. Anyone worked out a way to fix this? 3 different copies. 3 different problems. What trash! One of my favorite games of all time, but clearly the publishers don't care a cent about the customers or a thing called quality!

 

[CommandoBob]

If you have WinXP Pro, I think you have to have Administrator privelges to install sofware. Could that be it (or perhaps a similar security related issue)?

 

[Alex Johnson]

No, I'm afraid that isn't it. I have WinXP Home. I tried, but there is no easy way to bring up ownership and rights information about that file on XP Home. Not that it matters since A) I can't affect the ownership of a file as it is created by another program but before it tries to run it and B) all accounts on this system have Administrator priveledge. It's really dumb, but you can't do anything with most software on Windows unless you are Admin.

 

[Relenzo2]

The solution seems simple to me. YOU NEED A NEW COMPUTER! I don't think there's another way to fix such a deep hole.