could not load DATAP.BAR error

[FERDİ BABA]

I bought Age of Empires® III: Complete Collection to my friend and i sent gift to him. He dowloaded game and click play but this error appears. what is this?

[roi]

It does sound like you need a complete reinstall of the game, try the steps to see about getting your current installation removed:

First, uninstall all trial versions of the game that you have installed (if any)...
Then, download and then run the Microsoft Windows Installer application installation and configuration service updater…
Note: The file you will download there is named: WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe
Then, after that installation concludes, download and then run the Windows Installer Clean Up Utility
Note: The file you will download there is named: msicuu2.exe
After installing, first click the "Windows Install Clean Up" shortcut, then select the game you are having trouble installing/uninstalling/reinstalling (either "Age of Empires III" or "Age of Empires III - The War Chiefs"), then click "Remove"...
After you complete the above, reboot with a "Clean Boot" and empty your Windows temp folder.
Browse to and empty your windows temp folder. You can find your temp folder by clicking start=> run, then type %temp%, click ok.
temporarily disable any/all anti-virus/firewall/anti-spyware software running on your system, then try to reinstall...

credits: es_paragon

[my95z34]

I'm getting this same issue. I have even reinstalled Windows and am still getting it. What the hell is going on?

[Doohan]

Hi, exactely the same problem.
Did you find a solution ?

[my95z34]

I had to run Steam as admin and then install. From there it runs fine. Kind of a ridiculous fix though...

Originally posted by Doohan:

Hi, exactely the same problem.
Did you find a solution ?

[Sprocket]

Getting same error nothing is working....

[Little Misfortune]

Your registry is messed up, exe file can't find the folder to start from.

[Moderator]

Originally posted by FERDİ BABA:

I bought Age of Empires® III: Complete Collection to my friend and i sent gift to him. He dowloaded game and click play but this error appears. what is this?

Did u find a solution?

[Metal Militia]

same problem

[FADE [GER]]

1.Uninstall your Aoe Game.
2.Delete your folder from your AoE computer.
3.Start Steam with the administrator.
4.Install AoE
5. Have Fun

[Putnam [DK]]

The problem is that the installation path is no longer correct.

You open the Registry Editor and go following way (this is for 64bit systems):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Wow6432Node Microsoft Microsoft Games Age of Empires 3 1.0

In this table you'll find the following entry: "SetupPath" which says in a normal installation as follows:

C: Program Files (x86) Age of Empires III bin

The entry you change so where the Age of Empires 3 folder is currently located.

Problem solved :)

- matrixlord337

[EDCAlberto]

Originally posted by Sasha Triceps DK:

The problem is that the installation path is no longer correct.

You open the Registry Editor and go following way (this is for 64bit systems):

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Wow6432Node Microsoft Microsoft Games Age of Empires 3 1.0

In this table you'll find the following entry: "SetupPath" which says in a normal installation as follows:

C: Program Files (x86) Age of Empires III bin

The entry you change so where the Age of Empires 3 folder is currently located.

Problem solved :)

- matrixlord337

Ok, I did it, I have to create a chain value and name it SetupPath but, how do I do with the expansions?

[Its_Ollie]

I know this is stupid i'm no computer whizz just miss playing this game as a kid, when i go to the registry editor i only get up to 'Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft'
no further than that is it something i have done wrong or?

[Alrescha]

Having the exact same issues. Win10 64bit

Originally posted by wolster14:

I know this is stupid i'm no computer whizz just miss playing this game as a kid, when i go to the registry editor i only get up to 'Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft'
no further than that is it something i have done wrong or?

[androryder]

Also using Windows 10 64bit

I was able to find a folder in the registry using "find" and searching for empires. I had to "find next" a couple times, but it got me to what I think is the right place.

Computer\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-836705811-3995989541-1457365959-1001\Software\Microsoft\microsoft games\age of empires 3\1.0

I just don't know what to do from here as there is no SetupPath in this folder

[wgreen24]

Originally posted by androryder:

Also using Windows 10 64bit

I was able to find a folder in the registry using "find" and searching for empires. I had to "find next" a couple times, but it got me to what I think is the right place.

Computer\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-836705811-3995989541-1457365959-1001\Software\Microsoft\microsoft games\age of empires 3\1.0

I just don't know what to do from here as there is no SetupPath in this folder

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