Clue
 

I have the Cash Flow 101 rar & the patch.

How do I get these to work so the game goes?

Thanks,

T

Sorry if this is clueless.

Clue
 

Got the RAR (exe) and the patch. Now what?

How do I get the game installed?

Thanks in advance for enlightening my cluelessness to this subject.

T :o

read the faq

lol
 

Damn...read the FAQ...should have looked there to begin with!!!

However, thanks!

T

Are you reffering me to the FAQ for reasons other than answering my question. Can't find anything there.

See entry IV/1 of the forum FAQ on how to install a crack. And don't open new posts, use the Edit button instead!

Hey, I know these forums are full of experienced people who grow tired of explaining the obvious to people. Please understand that I am not trying to be a smart a** as I am looking for a solution and it would do me no good to do so. I do not see any "How to Install a Crack" in the section below. If you were guiding me to find "Make sure you understand how the PC and Windows works. If needed, buy a book on how to use Windows and/or ask for help from a more knowledgeable person" that is exactly what I am doing by posting here. Again, "ask for help from a more knowledgeable person"

See the extensions - Well, your patch has a .com extension. I have looked things up and can't find anything.

In fact, nothing there is guiding me anywhere. I have an EXE and your Cashflow.com patch. That's it.

If there is something I am missing from section IV please tell me and I will continue to try and figure this out.

IV.
Checking/reporting problems with cracks
What should I do if I cannot extract files from the crack package I downloaded?
What should I do if the cracked game doesn't work properly?
What should I do if the game doesn't work properly from the backup CD/DVD?
What should I do if the game doesn't work properly with a crack? How should I report problems with a crack?
What should I do if my virus scanner reported a virus/trojan/etc. in a crack?

Thanks for your time and your guidance.

Yours truly,

Yeah...I am clueless on this stuff. No problem admitting it to the wiser.

Run the COM file to have the EXE cracked. (Actually, this should be obvious if you run the COM file alone and read its output, in an empty DOS shell. Also, this is how all patches work anyway - except that mine has no beautiful, graphical user interface embedded, only a few simple textual messages.)

Well Crap
 

Hey Joe...thanks man. I know you could ignore my posts and move on to more experienced people.

From the start, I ran the exe and then ran the patch. The MS-DOS window popped up and did its thing...but when I run the Cash flow exe now...it appears to start...but then my screen just goes blank.

If you have time and can think of what I am doing wrong...I would love to know.

Thanks again.

T

Read what the patch displayed. (Run the patch from an already opened MS-DOS shell, not directly from Windows Explorer or whatever graphical software.)

CRC Error
 

Ran in MS-DOS. Patching FILENAME.EXE - CRC error!

NEVERMIND - GOT IT TO SUCCESSFULY PATCH.

T

well it also worked from Windows Explorer for me...

An analogous crack for Cashflow 202: http://sta.c64.org/shared/CASHF202.ZIP. (If it's not available, my homepage is down; try again in a few days.)

Thanks Joe, it works great...

also note - com cracks will not work in xp64 or higher (think vista doesnt allow it either)... com = dead :)