# Can't run cataclysm DDA on windows XP computer?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-run-cataclysm-dda-on-windows-xp-computer/1028>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [April 26, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-run-cataclysm-dda-on-windows-xp-computer/1028 "2013-04-26T21:13:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![kastor246](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@kastor246](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kastor246)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-run-cataclysm-dda-on-windows-xp-computer/1028/1 "2013-04-26T21:13:16Z")

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When my friend try to run cataclysm DDA it says Runtime error! This application has requested the Runtime Terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the appilcations support team

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**Author:** ![Soron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soron/32/885_2.png) [@Soron](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soron)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-run-cataclysm-dda-on-windows-xp-computer/1028/2 "2013-04-26T21:28:53Z")

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There are a number of things that could have gone wrong, and unfortunately that error message doesn’t give much info :-/.

Try extracting the files into a clean directory? If you’ve got a bad save folder, it can sometimes cause crashes on start-up (yeah, we know we need to work on that). And if you’re missing certain data files, it might cause a crash as well (or might not, I’m not sure).

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-run-cataclysm-dda-on-windows-xp-computer/1028/3 "2013-04-26T21:54:52Z")

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I run XP. So it is possible.

Which version did he use? If you compile it yourself you should use the codeblocks method.

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**Author:** ![kastor246](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f19dbf/32.png) [@kastor246](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kastor246)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cant-run-cataclysm-dda-on-windows-xp-computer/1028/4 "2013-04-27T00:44:17Z")

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[quote=“Soron, post:2, topic:1028”]There are a number of things that could have gone wrong, and unfortunately that error message doesn’t give much info :-/.

Try extracting the files into a clean directory? If you’ve got a bad save folder, it can sometimes cause crashes on start-up (yeah, we know we need to work on that). And if you’re missing certain data files, it might cause a crash as well (or might not, I’m not sure).[/quote] Thanks it worked 😃