Game won't start when double clicking on it!!!

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dystieguy

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Hey, when i double click on my game icon ( Half Life 1 ) nothing happens. the little loading circle shows up next to my cursor for a second but nothing happens it just won't launch!
i tried compatibility mode but nothing works. it worked before.
i'm using windows 8.1
 
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" Open System by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, right-clicking Computer, and then clicking Properties.

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dystieguy

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tried it, didn't work :/

 
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This may be your problem. Windows 64 bit is for systems with over 4GB of ram. So your not even getting it's full potential. If you have access to an x86 ( 32 ) bit copy I would try switching over since the game was made when everything was pretty much 32 bit except some Vista pc's and a handful of xp were 64 bit but it never really functioned that great. Ask your friend what he is running and I'd be willing to bet it's a 32 bit OS and that's why it works for him. Some drivers are just not 64 bit ready and were never updated.
 
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My friend actually has 64-bit and as i mentioned before it worked fine on my computer before

 
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