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Tayo 2023 年 2 月 3 日 上午 2:44
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Temporary fix for Windows 7 players to run the game
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FEBRUARY 24 UPDATE: The workaround is no longer needed, the public beta version of the game has this issue fixed. To opt for playing on this version go to Library, right click Age of Empires 2 Definitive Edition, select Properties, select Betas, select
pub_feb beta from the first drop down menu, wait for the game to update and hit play.

I've left the main post as it is for contextual and historical purposes. Big thank you to the developers for helping us out even though they were under no company-imposed obligation to do so.
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This issue cannot be fixed by us, only the developers. The game is trying to make a call to kernel32.dll that only exists in the Windows 8 and up variants of kernel32.dll, so they need to change that. And if you're thinking of replacing your kernel32.dll with Windows 8/10/11 variants, don't. It's a critical system file that is OS specific and you'd just be guaranteeing system failure.

Some guy in a reddit thread said that the call should be CreateFileW instead of CreateFile2 so that it calls the Windows 7 dll but I wouldn't presume to know if this is true and we can't do anything with this information either.

The only option we Windows 7 users have is to continue to ask the developers to fix it. Contact them in any way you can and let them know. Forums are full of Windows 7 users who cannot play for no reason other than devs (very likely unintentionally) breaking compatibility.

They can easily fix this with a proper update to the .exe. There was never any technical reason for AOE2DE to be Windows 10 specific in the past, nor is there now as the game does not really require anything unique to Windows 10+ systems. It's all simply artificial / arbitrary induced incompatibility.

I have since obtained and am sharing the executable for the previous version of the game, specifically version 73885 (December Patch). Simply copy this file to your "'\Steam\steamapps\common\AoE2DE" folder and press play in Steam. Make sure you back up the AoE2DE_s.exe you're going to replace by copying it somewhere else or renaming it to something like AoE2DE_s.bkp or whatever. I have done so and I can load my saves and play singleplayer with no apparent issues so far.

Note that multiplayer will either not work at all, have problems/crashes, or only allow you to play with others that have this game version, I have not started playing multiplayer in this game yet and I cannot predict outcomes with accuracy or provide solutions to this or any other problems that may arise, test for yourselves.

Edit: new download link + file hash check:

https://anonfiles.com/S4E4mcZ0ya
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/ece912b64c6d9a0f96bdeb21ddcc7f3f0185bfb18e0c5efc2c15a730479548ec/detection
SHA256: ECE912B64C6D9A0F96BDEB21DDCC7F3F0185BFB18E0C5EFC2C15A730479548EC

This is the exe I currently use to play the game.

There was another band-aid floating around here that lead people to play an old buggy beta build that had poor performance, I don't recommend that.

And again I must specify, this is just a band-aid until the developers actually help us with a properly fixed patch so that multiplayer folks aren't stuck outside in the rain.
最後修改者：Tayo; 2023 年 2 月 25 日 上午 9:45
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引用自 Bullshat:
Selecting the pup_feb beta version seems to allow the game to run for now
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Валодя Муталиск 2023 年 2 月 11 日 下午 11:45 
seems they dont care about win7 players...i wont gonna install win10, i gonna just ask for refund.
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gio.bruno 2023 年 2 月 12 日 上午 9:56 
When this kind of thing happened on AoE3 DE ~2 years ago, we had to wait until the next regular patch. That means we waited for a whole month for a fix. But they delivered the fix.
#17
Solid Snack 2023 年 2 月 15 日 上午 1:54 
So basically, the game works absolutely fine on win7, and has been for years since it came out, but the developers deliberately and arbitrarily blocked access to the game for win7 users for no reason other than to try and force people to "upgrade" to their ♥♥♥♥♥♥ bloatware, malware DRM infested win10 BS?
#18
Tayo 2023 年 2 月 15 日 上午 6:54 
I wouldn't go so far this time, I think they legitimately just made a mistake when they were updating the game to have crossplay with the sh!tbox console peasantry.
#19
staut_stefanita 2023 年 2 月 15 日 下午 12:31 
This workaround works! Thank you RaidoDaRaitoningu! Just pay attention to the download. It looks like the download site also tries to send some other files into the download.
#20
Tayo 2023 年 2 月 20 日 上午 8:11 
I've updated the main post with a link to another upload site. This one should be free of any of those misleading buttons even for people without adblockers.
#21
Colonel 2023 年 2 月 23 日 下午 4:41 
OMG! Thank you very much bro! It working now! Even with through latest bad ruining patch.

(I gave out a treasure reward)
#22
此應用程式的開發人員認為本留言為原主題提供了解答。
Bullshat 2023 年 2 月 24 日 上午 8:09 
Selecting the pup_feb beta version seems to allow the game to run for now
#23
Tayo 2023 年 2 月 25 日 上午 9:36 
引用自 Bullshat：
Selecting the pup_feb beta version seems to allow the game to run for now

I can confirm, running on my end, will update main post.
#24
کC_Ne٥ 2023 年 2 月 27 日 上午 1:11 
Can some of you still running windows 7 check the overall install folder size of Aoe2 DE? I noticed the game wouldn't start on my win 7 machine like two days ago, and i noticed that the Aoe 2 DE folder is only 24.5gb big. AFAIK the game was a bit bigger than 40gb previously. I brother's installation on a win 7 machine also is 24.5gb as well, doens't launch neither.
#25
Colonel 2023 年 2 月 27 日 下午 5:45 
It working actually
#26
Tayo 2023 年 2 月 28 日 下午 1:28 
引用自 کC_Ne٥：
Can some of you still running windows 7 check the overall install folder size of Aoe2 DE? I noticed the game wouldn't start on my win 7 machine like two days ago, and i noticed that the Aoe 2 DE folder is only 24.5gb big. AFAIK the game was a bit bigger than 40gb previously. I brother's installation on a win 7 machine also is 24.5gb as well, doens't launch neither.

My installation is totalling 24.9 GB currently, on the pub_beta branch.
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Kane 2023 年 3 月 1 日 上午 3:24 
引用自 کC_Ne٥：
Can some of you still running windows 7 check the overall install folder size of Aoe2 DE? I noticed the game wouldn't start on my win 7 machine like two days ago, and i noticed that the Aoe 2 DE folder is only 24.5gb big. AFAIK the game was a bit bigger than 40gb previously. I brother's installation on a win 7 machine also is 24.5gb as well, doens't launch neither.
Did you maybe had installed mods?
最後修改者：Kane; 2023 年 3 月 1 日 上午 3:24
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Tayo 2023 年 3 月 1 日 下午 1:51 
引用自 کC_Ne٥：
Can some of you still running windows 7 check the overall install folder size of Aoe2 DE? I noticed the game wouldn't start on my win 7 machine like two days ago, and i noticed that the Aoe 2 DE folder is only 24.5gb big. AFAIK the game was a bit bigger than 40gb previously. I brother's installation on a win 7 machine also is 24.5gb as well, doens't launch neither.

Now that I think about it, you must've had the ultra high definition texture pack installed.
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کC_Ne٥ 2023 年 3 月 2 日 上午 1:46 
Actually, i just learned the devs optimized Aoe 2 DE graphically about 4 months ago reducing it's overall size by about 20gb. Didn't notice this before thus i thought it may have been connected to launching issues we are facing on win7 machines right now.
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