Running Maple Story on Windows 7

• Jana wrote on 2012-02-28 11:35
  After some scares with NX hacking on Mabinogi, I'd heard that making a PIN for yourself on Maple might be a defense against the hackers. I did some looking around when I first had issues running the game, relating to compatibility, and set both GameLauncher.exe and MapleStory.exe to the compatability mode of Windows XP (Service Pack 3) as well as to Run as Administrator. However, trying to run either of those two causes an appcrash error before the game can start up.
  
  I tried uninstalling/reinstalling to no avail. Is there something else I can try, or did I do something wrong before?
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-02-28 11:39
  Were you having this problem in the past? I was playing Maplestory while running Windows 7 64-bit just about a year and a half ago and it worked fine without any "fixes". It seems unlikely that it would develop problems now. Are you sure it's related to the OS and there are no other compatibility issues?
• Sapphireoath wrote on 2012-02-28 11:42
  Pretty sure you can't set Maple to "compatibility mode" or it won't run. Not sure what is causing your issue though, sorry :(
• Jana wrote on 2012-02-28 12:00

  Quote from RebeccaBlack;790026:

  Were you having this problem in the past? I was playing Maplestory while running Windows 7 64-bit just about a year and a half ago and it worked fine without any "fixes". It seems unlikely that it would develop problems now. Are you sure it's related to the OS and there are no other compatibility issues?

  
  
  This is a newer laptop, so I've never run it on this machine before.
  
  

  Quote from Sapphireoath;790030:

  Pretty sure you can't set Maple to "compatibility mode" or it won't run. Not sure what is causing your issue though, sorry :(

  
  
  So I just can't run it then? Maybe I can borrow someone else's older machine. :\
• RebeccaBlack wrote on 2012-02-28 12:05

  Quote from Jana;790058:

  This is a newer laptop, so I've never run it on this machine before.

  
  In that case, I don't know how to help, but I will say that it isn't necessarily the OS itself that's clashing with the program. Perhaps it's an option? A corrupt file? I don't know ._.
  

  So I just can't run it then? Maybe I can borrow someone else's older machine. :\

  
  If what he said is true, all it means is that you shouldn't set it to compatibility mode. That alone wouldn't stop it from running on Windows 7.
• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-28 12:07
  Uninstall Maplestory.
  Delete Maplestory folder in C:/Nexon
  (If you have CCleaner go to registry, and scan for issues)
  Download Maplestory again.
  Don't have the client patch itself.
  Use Nexon's manual patch
  http://download3.nexon.net/maplestory/fullversion/ManualPatcherv106.exe
  ^that's their latest one
  Allow Maplestory through your security by allowing the client, hackshield, and the launcher.
  Play it normally, as in don't set to compatibility mode
  
  
  You can always right click the gamelauncher shortcut in your C:/Nexon/Maplestory folder and test compatibility.
• Jana wrote on 2012-02-28 12:18
  I don't really understand the CCleaner thing, and I'm really bad at computer stuff so I don't want to mess with the registry. Should I try the rest of the steps while skipping that, or is it not worth bothering without understanding that part?
• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-28 12:22

  Quote from Jana;790070:

  I don't really understand the CCleaner thing, and I'm really bad at computer stuff so I don't want to mess with the registry. Should I try the rest of the steps while skipping that, or is it not worth bothering without understanding that part?

  
  http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
  http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/faq/using
  
  CCleaner basically erases any registry edits, you've made by allowing access to a program(s) that you've gotten rid of, as well as browsing cookies, your cache, and history.
• Jana wrote on 2012-02-28 12:32
  Oh, its logo is a pear! How cute!
  
  I'll try to figure it out; the FAQ seems clear enough.
  
  ...Okay, I think it worked; it says it fixed registry errors caused by uninstalling files. I'll begin to re-DL the game now.
• Jana wrote on 2012-02-29 08:45
  Sorry to be double-posting, but I'd better make sure that I catch someone's attention. I tried a few things during the day, but nothing seems to have worked. @x@
  
  When I tried the manual patcher, the thing got stuck at "Base.wz." Google told me that the issue was with my firewall, but even adding everything in the Maple folder and the Manual Patcher to the firewall's exceptions didn't change that problem. I tried just running the game without the manual patcher to see if it would at least try to auto-patch, but instead I got stuck a black, blank screen.
  
  This is a lot of effort to run a game I don't really plan on playing... ;-;
• Hiccup wrote on 2012-02-29 09:22
  What antivirus do you have?
• Jana wrote on 2012-02-29 09:32
  I'm running Windows Security Essentials. Now that you mention it, maybe I can try again with both it and my firewall turned off...
  
  Edit: Nah, still stuck on Base.wz like before. :c