tom clancy's splinter cell not working

[twinklerock228]

I'm trying to play tom Clancy's splinter cell 2002 edition on windows 10 but it will not let me it says "Please login with administrator privileges and try again" and when I do, nothing happens please help feel free to ask any questions.

 

[Frag Maniac]

You'll probably need to launch it in XP compatibility mode for that old a game. Right click the shortcut, click properties, then Compatibility tab. There's a drop down box to select which compat mode to use.

Also, go into the game directory and check for a redist folder, which may contain older DirectX files you need to install.

 

[twinklerock228]

You'll probably need to launch it in XP compatibility mode for that old a game. Right click the shortcut, click properties, then Compatibility tab. There's a drop down box to select which compat mode to use.

Also, go into the game directory and check for a redist folder, which may contain older DirectX files you need to install.

Should I use service pack 2 or 3? And can you maybe tell me where the redist folder is?

 

[Frag Maniac]

SC 1 came out in 2002 like you said, and that's when XP SP1 came out, so XP SP2 should be good enough. Note that Windows has a Compat trouble shooting diagnostic that can also verify which is best to use.

For redist folder, when you right click the shortcut and go to Properties, the main page Properties takes you to will have an Open File Location tab at the lower left. It should be there.

Typically that is the game's main directory that has the launch exe and necessary files to run the game, and is all in a folder labeled by the name of the game itself.

 

[twinklerock228]

SC 1 came out in 2002 like you said, and that's when XP SP1 came out, so XP SP2 should be good enough. Note that Windows has a Compat trouble shooting diagnostic that can also verify which is best to use.

For redist folder, when you right click the shortcut and go to Properties, the main page Properties takes you to will have an Open File Location tab at the lower left. It should be there.

Typically that is the game's main directory that has the launch exe and necessary files to run the game, and is all in a folder labeled by the name of the game itself.

I can not find a redist folder where you said

 

[Frag Maniac]

There isn't always one there, so don't worry. This could be one of the few games that just has trouble running on W10.