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Link's Awakening DX HD

PC Version of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX · By linksawakeningdxhd

Set-up Tutorial?

A topic by Painted_Owl created Dec 14, 2023 Views: 4,084 Replies: 13
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I've never gamed on the PC before. I have the file downloaded and un-zipped... now what?

You open up the Links awakening folder and double click on the Link's awakening DX HD application that is in the folder.

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Well. If that was that easy, i wouldn't have the same issue.

Windows 11 Pro 64-bit, i tried as an admin, from C: drive, from Desktop, Compat Win8, Win7. Rebooted, it just doesn't start...

I went to Windowd Security - Virus and Threat Protection - Configure - Add an exception, i added the full folder. Doesn't work.

Grabbed my GBA, poped the cartridge in, it worked... Seems like the original is superior...

Maybe DL 7zip?  Seems to be an issue with win 11 itself.

I already have 7Zip LOL

I'm not dense enough to not have decompressed a 7Zip archive file...

Oh damn...

I have 7Zip but Windows opened the archive by default and i didn't notice. I just tried decompressing with 7Zip, and surely enough, it works...

Windows support for 7Z is not on point... Thanks man!

All you have to do is download, unzip, and click the application.

Unless of course YOU have certain safety settings within Windows 11 enabled, in which case youll also get a pop up with something like "application from an unknown publisher" on it.  Click more info and then run anyways.  The game should run.

I'd be happy to help further if you still have issues but lose the attitude. It's not the games or creators fault you don't know how windows works. 

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Bro. I went to college in IT. I studoed 3 years in computer science and have done plenty of costumer support.


I decompressed the archive, i click on the executable and it doesn't work.


OP seems to have the same issue as me. My Windows 11 is pretty vanilla. i didn't mess with the default settings. Appart from trying compatibility mode and adding an exception to windows security.


I'll try dectivating secure boot maybe???


Seriously can't say, i don't have a pop-up, not an error nothing, i double click, PC works for a second, but nothing happens. I don't have any third party anti-virus or anything.


You have an idea?

Edit: SKmuffinEXE was right, i decompressed the archive using the newly integrated windows support for .7z archive. That was the issue, i unzipped it with 7Zip and it worked. Hassle free!
Interesting!

You have to unzip it first. Hope this helps!

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Yes i have decompressed the file before trying to run it thank you...

EDIT: SKmuffinEXE suggested i uncompress it with 7Zip, i uncompressed it with Windows at first, and that seems to have been the issue. I uncompressed it with 7Zip and it worked first try!

Glad to hear unzipping it worked!

It was unzipped when it failed to launch.

Just not with the right tool.

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install the dotnet runtime https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-6.0.25-windows-x64-installer

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Happens the issue was Windows. They now support 7Z files natively, but i decompressed it with 7Zip directly and now it works!
I some times toy with programming little things in PHP and play with Virtual Machine, i always have .net runtime up to date.

Thank you for the insight though!