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Old Games on Vista

Reader IndigoBrown123 has come up with a way to get ZSX running on Vista; I still haven’t tried it, so use it your own risk:

OK I had that exact same error with ZSX:
Run-time error ‘429′:
ActiveX component can’t create object

On Vista but managed to get it to work. I had to do the following steps:

1. Download and Install VB6 runtimes:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7B9BA261-7A9C-43E7-9117-F673077FFB3C&displaylang=en

2. Download and Install AllRuntimes.exe (as Admin):
http://www.spacejock.com/Runtimes.html

3. Download and Register dx7vb.dll (as Admin)
http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/D/dx7vb.dll/5.03.2600.2180/download.html
Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Right-Click ‘Command Prompt’ -> Run as Administrator
regsvr32 dx7vb.dll

4. Download and Register dx8vb.dll (as Admin)
http://www.dlldump.com/download-dll-files_new.php/dllfiles/D/dx8vb.dll/5.03.2600.2180/download.html
Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> Right-Click ‘Command Prompt’ -> Run as Administrator
regsvr32 dx8vb.dll

After that it all worked. I am not sure how many of these steps are necessary but the game works after I installed and registered that lot.

Thanks, indigoBrown123!

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January 5, 2008 posted by James

Filed under: Vista,Windows

2 Comments Comment away!

1. kahshim | February 17, 2008 at 2:46 PM

I did all of this and I get the Run-time 430 error now, the ‘Class does not aupport automation or does not support expected interface’.

Any tips from anyone? I tried installing MDAC v2.8, alas, that is only good for XP plus prior systemsand the internal WDAC with Vista is supposed to be a Redistributed MDAC v2.8.

Per chance are you using Windows Vista Buisness, or Ultimate edition? I am using the regular Home edition.
2. swizzler121 | July 11, 2008 at 2:39 AM

Run-time error 430 is from running dx7vb.dll, since vista isn’t compatable with dx7, and actually only offically supports 9 & 10, i’m having a hard time fixing this too. The game looks great, wish i could play it…