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OH MY GOD!!! Poor people!!! It's not about a cluttered Windows or pirated versions, or a cracked launcher!!! I never had one installed, but I encountered the same error about reinstalling it, and the problem is that the lousy publishers put a corrupted launcher on the game disc. I've been struggling with this

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for a day now!!!! It's a licensed copy,

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Anyway, here's what I found – it should help many people. Regarding the black screen: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/4611096804/m/5811013359?r=6841028359#6841028359 or an unofficial add-on: http://www.mediafire.com/?1oaqlpnqq9fvxzv A working launcher: forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1121062387/m/5931068638?r=4951049529#4951049529 It should weigh about 17 MB, not 10 MB as on the disc. When launched, it should not be white and blue, but fiery with a hero. It worked for me. I also advise you to download patch 1.1 separately, so that it is in the right place, and not through the launcher. All of this helped me launch the game, and the launcher started working, but now it complains that the GeForce 7900 GTX 512 video card (which was top-of-the-line at the time and still runs all games great) does not meet the minimum requirements!!!! I downloaded the latest drivers – it didn't help, it's probably INCOMPATIBLE!!!! - Lousy developers. :cool: