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Posted November 16, 2013
Hi,

i have Windows 7 (64-bit Professional) and just bought all the episodes of ToMI.
(nvidia gforce 570 gtx..dx and drivers up to date)

My problem is: they just won't start! none of them...
I won't even get an error message...just duble click..asking for admin rights..screen flickers..nothing more -.-

Error Reporting says:
Event-ID: 1001

Error bucket, Type 0
event name: PCA2
Answer: not available
CAB-File-ID: 0

Problem Signature:
P1: MonkeyIsland101.exe
P2: 2009.7.6.29797
P3: unknown
P4: 흈ۦ (yeah..there IS a strange asian looking sign here..and no i'm not from asia..)
P5: Telltale Games
P6: 200
P7: -1
P8:
P9:
P10:

I am kinda helpless here...help would be appreciated :D

greets
bunshin

edit: just in case somebody asks: already tried the d3dx9_41.dll thing (old dx version and putting the dll in the gamefolder)...did not solve anything..but i didn't get the error msg so probably another prob...
Post edited November 16, 2013 by bunshin
This question / problem has been solved by Xeres666image
Posted January 12, 2014
I had the same problem. I re-installed Microsoft DirectX and now it works.
Posted January 13, 2014
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bunshin: ... just in case somebody asks: already tried the d3dx9_41.dll thing (old dx version and putting the dll in the gamefolder)...did not solve anything..but i didn't get the error msg so probably another prob...
Instead of putting an old DirectX DLL in the game's folder, I'd just complete the system by installing all missing components of DirectX 9 (Win 7 comes by default with DirectX 11 only).
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
Post edited June 19, 2014 by DeMignon
Posted June 15, 2014
Installing the old DirectX DLLs did not help by itself, but I found out that a Lua installation might get you in trouble too;
Solution:
Create a "start.bat" next to "MonkeyIsland101.exe"
Insert:

set LUA_PATH=
set LUA_DEV=
MonkeyIsland101.exe

With that, MI will use its own, correct version of Lua.
[Steam User Sem44 found this solution, but I am not allowed to link directly there...
(forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1332038)]
Posted January 16, 2019
On Windows 10 here, tried both the solutions in this thread, neither seems to have helped. I can get to the launcher for the individual episodes, but ToMI itself doesn't seem to want to launch. I've tried doing it through the launcher and through manually opening the EXE for the episode, neither seems to work.
Posted January 19, 2019
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MarioFanaticXV: On Windows 10 here, tried both the solutions in this thread, neither seems to have helped. I can get to the launcher for the individual episodes, but ToMI itself doesn't seem to want to launch. I've tried doing it through the launcher and through manually opening the EXE for the episode, neither seems to work.
Me too! Any help would be appreciated!! Same goes for Back to the Future. I launch the episode choice, and once I click the episode, it exits the menu to launch and nothing happens.
Posted May 01, 2019
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MarioFanaticXV: On Windows 10 here, tried both the solutions in this thread, neither seems to have helped. I can get to the launcher for the individual episodes, but ToMI itself doesn't seem to want to launch. I've tried doing it through the launcher and through manually opening the EXE for the episode, neither seems to work.
Ty to disconnct your game controller. If the game then works, you need to get a Windows 8 DirectInput.dll.
Microsoft changed something in the Windows 10 version of the DLL which causes older Telltale Games to crash at least when a XBox Controller is connected.
Sadly Telltale never cared much about their older games and never released a patch or at leas a guide with a workaround.
Posted January 30, 2022
You can try to start the installed exe with a batch file. Maybe you have also installed a LUA interpreter somewhere?

You can copy/paste this into a startMI.bat file and put it in every of the installation folders where the MonkeyIsland101.exe was installed. For example: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Telltale Games\Tales of Monkey Island\Launch of the Screaming Narwhal\"

:: snip
:: 1. Only the internal LUA version works.
:: 2. Turn off/unplug any XBOX Controller (turn of the BT receiver, too).
:: 3. You need to name the correct MonkeyIsland10[1-5].exe accordingly.

Echo "Starting Monkey Island..."
@Echo off
set LUA_PATH=
set LUA_DEV=
start MonkeyIsland101.exe
:: snap
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