Can't Run the Demo

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When I try to run the demo, my mouse cursor changes to the busy cursor and nothing happens.
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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
Do you get the game launcher then it hangs when you try to play the game from the button there, or not even the launcher loads?
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
I don't get anything. Vista should ask for confirmation when I try to run it, but it doesn't even do that.
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
Try going to the game's folder in explorer then and running the game exe directly.
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top
My friend downloaded the demo last night, but wrote me today he can't get it to run either. He also has Vist. I'll tell him about the above suggestion.
Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
I tried running it from the folder it downloaded to and I had that problem.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
All right, it worked again as it did once before. Now I get an error message that says that I have to download it again. The first time I downloaded it I also got that message.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
I downloaded it again and the first problem I had happened again. So what do I do to fix it?
Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
All right, it worked again as it did once before. Now I get an error message that says that I have to download it again. The first time I downloaded it I also got that message.
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What *exactly* does the error message say?
Reply #9 from Sins Forums Top
I can't get the error message to show up again (now the mouse cursor goes to "busy" while the computer does nothing), but I think it said that the file was corrupt and that it had to be downloaded again.
Reply #10 from Sins Forums Top
Okay, I got it again. "Cannot start setup - the setup file may be corrupt, or you may have the wrong password. If you downloaded this file, please download a fresh copy. If the file is password protected, check your password and try again."
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
In that case, you might try getting it from a different site when you download it again.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top
Thanks, it worked when I downloaded it from another website.