N2 Crashes on Install.. Please help

Hello all, I just upgraded to a PII 300 and was reinstalling N2. When I try to install it it says "System error- the file you are trying to open is already open by another program.. cancel.. retry" I have re-booted and tried everything i can think of. I even tried copying the cd to my hard drive to see if it was a cd driver, but no luck. My other games installed fine. Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

having the same problems......... please help jason already open by

Make sure all other applications are closed. You can terminate everything by pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL. End all tasks except for SYSTRAY and EXPLORER. If that fails, install from DOS (reboot into DOS) and make shortcuts to the executable in Win95 :) Jason.

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> having the same problems......... please help > jason > already open by > >another program.. cancel.. retry" >

Chris posted this message earlier and it worked great for me... good luck: <snip> Here's how a helpful Sierra Tech got me through this one: He said it was due to the installer being older and incorrectly identifying a component on my system during the testing process. 1. Delete the sierra.ini file from your c:\windows directory 2. Restart your computer 3. Start the Nascar 2 installer 4. When the installer asks to test your system SAY NO. 5. The next screen will show that you have failed the majority of the tests, ignore that and continue with the installation. The game will install fine then. If you do not skip the system test you will have to start all over. Happy racing, Chris <snip>

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>having the same problems......... please help >jason >already open by >>another program.. cancel.. retry" >

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>Hello all, >I just upgraded to a PII 300 and was reinstalling N2. When I try to install >it it says "System error- the file you are trying to open is already open by >another program.. cancel.. retry" I have re-booted and tried everything i >can think of. I even tried copying the cd to my hard drive to see if it was >a cd driver, but no luck. My other games installed fine. Any help you can >provide would be greatly appreciated. >Thanks

I find that this tends to happen when you double-click on install rather than single-clicking it. Double clicking it tries to open two instances of the installer and that just doesn't work. Also, if this happens, click cancel when you get the error message and the first instance of the installer will come up. Chris "I died for you... Now why shouldn't you return the favor?" -Deathdream --Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/

I also think I read something once about deleting/renaming the sierra.ini file before re-installing. I haven't tried it, though. >>Hello all, >>I just upgraded to a PII 300 and was reinstalling N2. When I try to install >>it it says "System error- the file you are trying to open is already open by >>another program.. cancel.. retry" I have re-booted and tried everything i >>can think of. I even tried copying the cd to my hard drive to see if it was

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>>a cd driver, but no luck. My other games installed fine. Any help you can >>provide would be greatly appreciated. >>Thanks >I find that this tends to happen when you double-click on install >rather than single-clicking it. Double clicking it tries to open two >instances of the installer and that just doesn't work. Also, if this >happens, click cancel when you get the error message and the first >instance of the installer will come up. >Chris >"I died for you... Now why shouldn't you return the favor?" >-Deathdream >--Horrornews--Horrorchat--Reviews--General filth-- >Mortado's Page of Filth http://www.nwlink.com/~mortado/