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I bought what I'm fairly certain to be the original version of Call of Duty (the first game) yesterday and since haven't been able to get it to work. Now, the multiplayer I am able to start and run, but I wasn't going to use it anyway. The single player asks the usual allow make changes to hard drive when I try to start it and then after saying yes nothing happens. I downloaded and installed the v 1.51 patch from PCgamingwiki but it still makes no difference. I tried compatibility and running as administrator and nothing works, does anyone have any suggestions?
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AnimalMother117:
maybe tell us your os (and version) etc?!
Post edited October 25, 2015 by Sachys
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AnimalMother117:
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Sachys: maybe tell us your os (and version) etc?!
Windows 7 64 bit
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AnimalMother117: snip
Did you try the Steam or the retail version?

I just installed a retail version of the first one (1.3) and it ran normally on my Windows 7 64-bit. Interestingly, it seems that launching the multiplayer doesn't require the CD to be on drive, while launching the single-player does require it, which leads me to believe that you may have received the update that prevents Safedisc/SecuROM games (Call of Duty uses Safedisc) from launching. In case you indeed have the retail version, I would urge you to follow the advice on this article.
Post edited October 25, 2015 by Grargar
The Steam version runs fine also.
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darthspudius: The Steam version runs fine also.
Surprisingly the United Offensive expansion runs fine on my computer aswell after my previous experiance with it and it was practically broken in that I cannot even play game at all.

And the United Offensive campaign was AWESOME!!!
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darthspudius: The Steam version runs fine also.
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Elmofongo: Surprisingly the United Offensive expansion runs fine on my computer aswell after my previous experiance with it and it was practically broken in that I cannot even play game at all.

And the United Offensive campaign was AWESOME!!!
I have never actually played the expansion. I wonder if it was a driver problem.
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AnimalMother117: snip
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Grargar: Did you try the Steam or the retail version?

I just installed a retail version of the first one (1.3) and it ran normally on my Windows 7 64-bit. Interestingly, it seems that launching the multiplayer doesn't require the CD to be on drive, while launching the single-player does require it, which leads me to believe that you may have received the update that prevents Safedisc/SecuROM games (Call of Duty uses Safedisc) from launching. In case you indeed have the retail version, I would urge you to follow the advice on this article.
Retail. Version 1.0. I have a Steam account but haven't used it in years and didn't like the service when I did.

I'm not very tech savvy so i don't know if I'm going to try their suggestions (except buying the game if it becomes available on here). Thanks for your help.
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Elmofongo: Surprisingly the United Offensive expansion runs fine on my computer aswell after my previous experiance with it and it was practically broken in that I cannot even play game at all.

And the United Offensive campaign was AWESOME!!!
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darthspudius: I have never actually played the expansion. I wonder if it was a driver problem.
You are the one that told me that it ran fine on your Steam version a few months ago.
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darthspudius: The Steam version runs fine also.
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Elmofongo: Surprisingly the United Offensive expansion runs fine on my computer aswell after my previous experiance with it and it was practically broken in that I cannot even play game at all.

And the United Offensive campaign was AWESOME!!!
I had the United Offensive demo. I liked it better than the base Call of Duty ones.
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AnimalMother117: I'm not very tech savvy so i don't know if I'm going to try their suggestions (except buying the game if it becomes available on here). Thanks for your help.
It could take a long time till Activision releases a game here again (it's been 3 years since their last release), so I'd advise you to at least give their method a shot and if it doesn't work, oh well, at least you tried.
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AnimalMother117: I'm not very tech savvy so i don't know if I'm going to try their suggestions (except buying the game if it becomes available on here). Thanks for your help.
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Grargar: It could take a long time till Activision releases a game here again (it's been 3 years since their last release), so I'd advise you to at least give their method a shot and if it doesn't work, oh well, at least you tried.
I'll think about it, maybe later I'll give it a go but in the mean time I'll give you the gold. Thanks for your help.