Help on B.F. 2142 on Vista!! please!

[joshwood123]

ok every time i try to install battlefield 2142 on my PC it gets like 1/4th of the way through and then it says, LauchAppAndWait failed on D:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts \BF 2142 and then it stops the installation...its not my hardware... is it vista 64 bit? (thats what i have) any help would be amazing!
-Josh


-NZXT Nemesis Elite case...Black
-MSI P45 PLATINUM intel p45 chipset
-CORE 2 QUAD Q9550 2.83Ghz
-Windows vista H.P. 64bit
-8GB G-Skill DDR2 SDRAM 800
-610W PSU
-1TB hdd
-30gb SSD
-GPU, a Sapphire 1GB GDDR5 256-bit HD Radeon 4870
-Lite-on blue ray drive..

 

[shiftstealth]

Sounds like vista isnt letting it make its own folder.

i would disable all that admin and uac stuff, its all junk.

i run it just fine on vista ultimate.

 

[joshwood123]

how would i do all that? i am new to vista so idk how to do anything...

 

[shiftstealth]

ummm not much available time but id play around and look in admin in the control panel. and use the search function and search uac control

 

[joshwood123]

i could not find anything that was helpful... =\

 

[pr2thej]

Google UAC fix.
You can disable it totally, and remove the alerts or you can use a small application to manage UAC.

Everyone hates it. Also when in Vista make sure when you are running programs, to right-click and select "Run as administrator".

You may have bad Media as well btw. Are you installing from DVD?

Bit of research shows that LaunchAppAndWait is a function of the Install Shield, and needs to be configured correctly.

Essentially i believe that Installshield is asking for an exe launch and getting no response. Interesting that the install stops, it should just hang. Try running setup.exe straight from the dvd, or x/setup.exe where x=your drive letter.

 

[mi1ez]

I should try right-clicking and running as administrator as PR pointed out.