<Resolved>Hi... does ZC work with Windows 10?
Hello, I recently came across Zelda Classic as I was trying to find any indie games that were like, well Zelda. I installed the latest version (ZC 2.53.0 LTS) on Windows 10 Pro 1909. When I try to run the game, after an update was applied, it first tries to warn me that Smart Screen is blocking it. I approved it as I already know that is a common issue with even some retail games. The problem is after that screen the game runs but nothing is on screen. It's in the taskbar and when I mouse over it, the window preview shows the game's window to be a white horizontal bar. I've tried waiting to see if it's just lag from loading but after 5 minutes nothing happened. I've even downloaded and tried the beta version 2.55 with no success. *This game did work before I recent Windows update, see Update section.*
My specs:
Windows 10 Pro 1909
AMD FX 8150 8 core processor
8 GB RAM (7.9 usable)
931GB HDD
I've tried using Zelda Classic Launcher but it doesn't fix the issue. Is this game not compatible with Windows 10 or is there something I need to install to get it to work properly?
Update: I fixed the issue. This is something a developer should know but I don't know how to contact them or where to post this. It turns out the latest, as of writing, Windows Updates are to blame. I did install Zelda Classic before updating Windows 10 1909 and it ran before the updates I'm about to mention were applied. KB4533002 Cumulative Update for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 for Windows 10 Version 1909 and KB4530684 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 1909 seem to be the culprits. I'm not sure how those two updates stopped Zelda Classic from running correctly but uninstalling those updates fixes the issue. As Microsoft routinely does major updates which may include the listed KB items it's a good idea for this issue to be fixed otherwise it's hard to say if this game will be playable on future versions of Windows 10.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...-net-framework
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...date-kb4530684
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