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Sure that setup.exe can be cracked. The problem is that it's far easier to extract the contents (maybe using krondike's trick) and writing your own installer, so that's what the warez groups seems to do. Sure they can crack the setup.exe if they invest enough time, but why would they if it's easier not to ? The problem is then that the legal users are left in the cold. This is just a perverse consequence of the copy protection, but do keep in mind that the publishers are against ANY crack, and they don't care if you bought the game or not, to them we're ALL pirates. Nice way to treat your customers, huh ?
Anyway if you can't install your legal copy because of the sh*tty copy protection, send emails, use the phone, whatever, but try to make your voice heard with the publisher. This might not solve the current problem, but it might help you avoid this problem with the NEXT game. If they can't or won't help you, just return it. It will be out on budget soon, and chances are it won't be copy protected anymore. So you can then finally play it AND you're sending a signal to those morons with their dumb copy protections. I've almost never seen a copy protection work for more than a few weeks max, and most are cracked before they even hit the market. And still they invest millions in copy protections that only inconvenience their customers. Vote with your wallet.
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