HarleyRider Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 OK, I just got a new notebook and UNFORTUNATELY it has Windows 8 64 bit. I installed the game but it won't start up. Is it compatible with Windows 8? If not, is there anything I can do to get it to run? Any help greatly appreciated! Cheers and thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qbrick808 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I don't have Windows 8, so this is just speculation which seems logical... have you tried the Compatibility Mode feature? Right-Click on the program's icon and then click on Properties from the context menu which pops up. Then click on the Compatibility Tab. You'll see an option with a drop-down list to Run this program in compatibility mode for: From that list you should be able to choose Windows 7 or just about any past version of Windows. Once you've set that up, you would try to start the game just as you're used to doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyRider Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 I don't have Windows 8, so this is just speculation which seems logical... have you tried the Compatibility Mode feature? Right-Click on the program's icon and then click on Properties from the context menu which pops up. Then click on the Compatibility Tab. You'll see an option with a drop-down list to Run this program in compatibility mode for: From that list you should be able to choose Windows 7 or just about any past version of Windows. Once you've set that up, you would try to start the game just as you're used to doing it. Yep-yep-yep,... already did that. First thing I tried and didn't work. Sorry. Maybe I should have posted that along with my question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainy Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Another Guess, but has your installment got the recent patch installed, that might be the problem as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyRider Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Another Guess, but has your installment got the recent patch installed, that might be the problem as well PATCH?!?!?! What patch? That might be it. Could you steer me in the right direction? Thanks. Cheers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qbrick808 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 PATCH?!?!?! What patch? That might be it. Could you steer me in the right direction? Thanks. Cheers!!! http://www.mvpmods.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=7932 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyRider Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 http://www.mvpmods.com/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=7932 Thanks buddy and I just tried it and it's a no-go! I guess 2k Sports wasn't smart enough to look ahead to Windows 8!!! But of course with their pathetic tech support it doesn't surprise me. Thank God I have my desktop to play it on! LOL!!! Thanks again for the link anyway. Cheers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrogers1969 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I actually have been using 2k12 on windows 8 since the beta versions of the operating system and have no issues at all sorry I know this doesn't help at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dishnet34 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I think this was discussed a while back, and the drivers for Windows 8 do not support MLB 2K12 at all, and I doubt they ever will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyRider Posted October 2, 2013 Author Share Posted October 2, 2013 I think this was discussed a while back, and the drivers for Windows 8 do not support MLB 2K12 at all, and I doubt they ever will. Hmmm. That's very interesting. I wonder then, why jroh_1969 has MLB 2K12 working on his Window 8 system...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdrogers1969 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Not sure if this matters but I have the patched version thru steam so I don't need and date fixer or anything like that and I also have all the mods instead as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronblrt1 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 I'm running MLB 2K12 on Windows 8.1 Pro x64 and before that I was running it on Windows 8 Pro x64 without any problems at all. I've never run into a problem with the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyRider Posted October 6, 2013 Author Share Posted October 6, 2013 I'm running MLB 2K12 on Windows 8.1 Pro x64 and before that I was running it on Windows 8 Pro x64 without any problems at all. I've never run into a problem with the game. Maybe I'll wait for the "official" release of Windows 8.1 and try to install it again and see what happens. Maybe they will include some drivers for older programs... (???) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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