LOTR: Return of the king PC not launching

[tesboi]

Hey, I've got a retail copy of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King for PC, and it won't work.
It used to work on my Win XP and 7 machines. My current PC has Win 7 home too. The game installs normally until it reaches 100%, after which the window just disappears. Trying to launch the game does nothing, no error message, pop-up, no anything. Now as I said, there's no any type of error message at all, so it'll be hard to help. It used to work normally on very same Win7 on older hardware.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, tesboi.

I really loved this game, but it has its share of bugs and issues. I know you're not getting any specif error messages, but I've heard that this worked for cases like yours as well. Check this out: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/000007035.html

Hopefully it fixes things up. Please let me know what happens.
Boogieman_WD

 

[tesboi]

Hey there, tesboi.

I really loved this game, but it has its share of bugs and issues. I know you're not getting any specif error messages, but I've heard that this worked for cases like yours as well. Check this out: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/000007035.html

Hopefully it fixes things up. Please let me know what happens.
Boogieman_WD

Hey, thank you for the answer. However the file doesn't seem to do anything. I tried reinstalling, same thing happened. Everything goes normal, but it seems weird that once it hits 100% it just closes without any "installation complete" type of message. It still creates the desktop shortcut.
I ran the system examination tool included in the game's files. It thinks my system doesn't fill all the requirements, maybe that has got something to do with it?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Definitely seems like it. Unfortunately the OS is not supported. It looks like there could be some sort of RAM recognition issue as it says 1MB. Unfortunately it looks like you'd have to try installing it on a different system. 🙁
You could try running the game by changing the compatibility for an older OS.

 

[tesboi]

Definitely seems like it. Unfortunately the OS is not supported. It looks like there could be some sort of RAM recognition issue as it says 1MB. Unfortunately it looks like you'd have to try installing it on a different system. 🙁
You could try running the game by changing the compatibility for an older OS.

Compatibility hasn't yield any fruit yet.
As the Christmas holidays are coming I have some time to try different things to make it work, I swear it has worked on win7. I'll update the thread in case I find a solution.
Happy holidays

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Thanks mate. Happy Holidays to you as well!

I'll be sure to check the thread, good luck! Maybe if you find a solution I'll try to play it myself when I find the time.

 

[tesboi]

Hey. I know I'm a bit late, I've been busy- in fact it's been half a year- but I got the game working on my system by following this guide:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/3086255/ms15-097-description-of-the-security-update-for-the-graphics-component-in-windows-september-8,-2015

No wonder the game didn't work, since that update is from 2015. I'm not really into games, but I love LOTR and this game is a bomb.