I cant find anyone who has the same problem. Game will not start, keeps trying to find videostudio mydvd. I am about to lose my mind

[Juicy Thurmite]

New Vegas and oblivion both wont work. It is super frustrating. Any help is appreciated

[talgaby]

Would you elaborate? What happens when you try to start the game, where does the process stop and what do you mean about that Corel video editing software?

[Juicy Thurmite]

When I start the game, it loads up the first screen, then opens an installation wizard for videostudio mydvd and asks me for the path to mydvd.msi and if I exit it crashes. Both Oblivion and New Vegas are doing this.

Thank you for the response

[talgaby]

My guess would be that the video editing suite added its own set of codecs and marked them as system default. New Vegas uses system default codecs and only works with a select few (it is a sensitive engine).
Apparently, there is something really weird in how that software etches itself into the system/registry. If you do not have it currently installed, clean the registry somehow (CCleaner and Wise Registry Cleaner are good freeware options). If you have it installed, then I fear you may not be able to play New Vegas, Oblivion, and likely Fallout 3 due to a really exotic incompatibility issue.

[Juicy Thurmite]

Damn, I tried ccleaner and, while it did get rid of alot of wasted space, it didnt work for this. Thank you anyway.

[JDC UK]

AFAIK you'll have to download a third-party tool to manage codecs and change their priority.

Windows Media Player allows you to view installed codecs, but not change the order.
It's hidden under Help > About Windows Media Player > Technical Support Information.

Windows XP had a built-in tool in the control panel, but in Microsoft's infinite wisdom they removed it from later versions and never restored the functionality.

[Juicy Thurmite]

Okay I figured it out! I went into control panel and uninstalled mydvd in the program manager.

Thanks for the help guys

[talgaby]

If the game works now, then I am glad it was sorted out.