D2 not running in XP

[potato28]

Search is broken...still... and I made a topic about this a while back. So I ask again, how do you get Diablo 2 LOD to run in XP? I have DEP off for it, but it crashes to desktop.

 

[shortylickens]

I dont even know what DEP is, but I never had a problem with Diablo 2 in XP.

Does it give a tech readout when you crash?

 

[secretanchitman]

i just installed diablo 2 (mutiplayer or full) install...then put in my lod cd and installed it, then updated to 1.11...no problems in xp.

 

[Judgement]

Maybe try going to the executable properties and setting it to run in a compatibility mode for a different version of windows?

 

[Dumac]

Do you mean Vista? IIRC, there is an incompatibility problem with D2 and Vista, as well as a fix for it. However, D2 worked fine on my XP comp without any extra assistance.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: Judgement
Maybe try going to the executable properties and setting it to run in a compatibility mode for a different version of windows?

Worked... I used to run it through the data execution process in XP. Worked fairly well, but runs better in compatibility mode.