Play Now button not working

[loreng]

I got a virus and used System Restore on my Vista computer. It did a lot of weird things (many files/folders were "hidden" but not deleted.

After the Restore, I re-installed Civilization and now it loads fine until the "Play now" button. When I hit that, nothing happens. It doesn't read the cd, nothing. It just closes out of the start-up menu and sits. It doesn't freeze.

Is there a Windows system file that might be missing/hidden that would cause this? I had zero problems running the game before the Restore, despite all the horror stories I've read about Vista.

 

[McKay101]

Do you have the option of doing a clean install of your OS?

 

[loreng]

I don't think so. I don't have a cd...

 

[kiwitt]

Maybe buy yourself a new copy of Windows 7 Home Premium. It is much improved over VISTA.

 

[loreng]

That sounds like an expensive solution.

 

[kiwitt]

I've heard lots of problems when people have run system restore. I have disabled it on mine.

 

[loreng]

I didn't really see a choice at the time. Maybe it was naive to think it would work as advertised.

Strangely, everything else seems fine these days. Just Civ IV.