Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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Subject: PLEASE DONT IGNORE HALO CE HELP!!!!!!!!!!
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hey im having trouble installing halo ce and dont know why, could someone PLEASE help me? heres the problem:

when im installing after i click install it says "Halo Custom Edition needs to modify the file
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Custom Edition\binkw32.dll,
which is currently in use by another application. Quit any open applications, and then click retry."

i then click retry, it loads for about a quarter of a second then says the same thing. What do i do?
Please help me

  • 08.25.2007 1:00 PM PDT

you may know me as X[IGN]

Posted by: Iggwilv

*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Restart your computer

  • 08.25.2007 2:03 PM PDT
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Restart your PC in safe mode then install the game. IN fact you should be using safe mode to install all your programs. That way there will be a minimum of conflicts. Most people just don't bother doing it.

  • 08.25.2007 2:54 PM PDT
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SILENCE MERE "MEMBER." DID I BEQUEATH UPON YOU THE PERMISSION TO SPEAK??? I THINK NOT!!!!!!!

Haha, just kiddin...
Not really, now go get me some juice.
NOOB

alternative:COMPLETELY UNINSTALL, NOT REINSTALL
then install from there

  • 08.25.2007 3:31 PM PDT

Slaying noobs since 2007.

Wow! Your full of helpful advice today! Technically speaking that is a reinstall.

  • 08.25.2007 4:50 PM PDT
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I'd recommend that you restart your computer, because, obviously another executable or whatever feels like using that file, and there's really no way to tell. Just restart your computer, uninstall completely, then if there are any files remaining in your install directory, delete it. Then, try installing again.

  • 08.25.2007 5:04 PM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Restart your PC in safe mode then install the game. IN fact you should be using safe mode to install all your programs. That way there will be a minimum of conflicts. Most people just don't bother doing it.

Wow, awesome plan. You're not just another pretty face!

  • 08.25.2007 5:35 PM PDT

I would never install something in safe mode. Acually I have apps that wont install in safe mode. I have had problems where I had to unstall a program or bad driver.

Safe mode does save computers :)

  • 08.25.2007 6:44 PM PDT
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Sounds like a problem with the bink video format. Reinstall is the best option here.

  • 08.25.2007 7:22 PM PDT
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Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Restart your PC in safe mode then install the game. IN fact you should be using safe mode to install all your programs. That way there will be a minimum of conflicts. Most people just don't bother doing it.

wow i did get a lot of advice. i think im gonna go with this, even though i dont have a frickin clue what safe mode is, i hope it'll still work if i restart my comp and uninstall then reinstall

  • 08.26.2007 7:16 PM PDT
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hey guys thanks alot it worked. i downloaded hugeass and coldstab or whatever it is. i might download yoyorast island. can anyone give reccomendations of maps 2 download?

  • 08.26.2007 10:55 PM PDT

Well, downflow is an awesome map, but nobody plays it. most of the servers are on coldsnap, hugeass, etc.

  • 08.27.2007 11:20 AM PDT
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Yes, I am a hypocrite, and I'm sorry. I really do mean well, but I'm not running on all cylinders.

Everytime someone buys a copy of Halo 2 Vista, a puppy dies.

I'd have to recommend all maps made by CMT.

  • 08.27.2007 12:17 PM PDT

Now, in the quantum moment before the closure, when all become one. One moment left. One point of space and time. I know who you are. You are destiny.

Posted by: TUI_Obi_Wan
Restart your PC in safe mode then install the game. IN fact you should be using safe mode to install all your programs. That way there will be a minimum of conflicts. Most people just don't bother doing it.
I know man. Works wonders.

  • 08.27.2007 6:55 PM PDT