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EDIT: Oh, I'm dumb as hell. InstallShield was opening a new popup that for some reason appeared under all my other windows and didn't appear in the taskbar, so I didn't realize it was open. Once I finally noticed it dicking around trying to fix things, I clicked through and it installed fine. I'm gonna leave a comment about it on myabandonware.

Hey, all.

I downloaded Zoo Tycoon 2 from myabandonware dot com. I understand that I need to mount the .bin files, go into the mock CD drives, and install them, but the installation wizard doesn't seem to work.

I run setup.exe and get a popup saying that the game is setting up the InstallShield Wizard, and preparing to install. A loading bar loads up and the popup closes, and then nothing happens. There's no error message. If I check Task Manager, I can see that the InstallDriver module is still running, but taking up no CPU (see attached image). It hangs like this indefinitely.

I tried running it as administrator, fixing corrupted system files, and re-registering Windows installer service.

I'm running Windows 10, I can give more system info if necessary. Does anyone know what's going on and how to fix it?

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[–] atlasraven31@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

It happens. When in doubt, the simplest and stupidest way it could go wrong is usually what happened.

[–] Luftruessel@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Arrccam's Sabre

sorry.

[–] aeternum@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

haha. Gave me a chuckle. glad you got it sorted though :)

[–] navi@lemmy.tespia.org 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Is Zoo Tycoon 2 worth it if you like Zoo Tycoon with Marina Mania and Dino Digs?

[–] Perditija@feddit.de 6 points 9 months ago

I didn't play the first game but zoo tycoon 2 ultimate edition also includes a marine mania and dino danger addon. I absolutely love it and have sunk sooo many hours into this game since I was a teen. I still sometimes play for a whole weekend just building a new zoo. If you have some spare time you should absolutely try it.