ilooked into troubleshooting and what may be wrong and it came up that the (or rather the splash image that comes up notifying you that the game is starting) was not working properly/corrupted. The recommended option was to reinstall the game again and clean the discs. Well after a while of trying to find a solution I've come Ageof empirers 3 not working on windows 10. Well i used to play this game on windows xp and the in windows 7 and no problem at all, recently i bought a new laptop with windows 10, i installed correctly the game but when i launch the game to play this appears: initialization failed. direct 3d initialization failed. possible causes: Ageof Empires 3 Definitive Edition Not Launching. If you're facing challenges when trying to launch Age of Empires 3 on your Windows 10 system, compatibility issues might be causing the problem. These issues can arise due to differences between the game's programming and the way Windows 10 operates. Hi Compatibility mode should not be not necessary to run the original aoc on Windows 10, as it runs perfectly by default. If you have issues running the game, update it with UserPatch v1.4 and it should work without any further changes. The windowed mode (borderless fullscreen) support in UP should hopefully correct the issue. The link to UP Ifthis works, then copy back the files from your old user folder. Those files are in the folder -C:\Users\YOUR_USER\Games\Age of Empires 3 DE\<0>\Savegame, Home cities, Recorded Games and Save games. If this does not work you can also try: 2. Reinstall the game 3. Unable your mods 4. Uninstall/unable your antivirus 5. Reinstall Portlistings for Age of Empires III. If you do not use the Windows Firewall program, you can still open the ports that are used by the game when you configure the network. Open the My Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\Startup folder. If there is no there, create one. To do this, click File, click New, click Text Document SoI have downloaded age of empires 3 and all the expansions from steam. When installing the game I get a steam box pop up saying. " installing micro soft direct x for Windows step 1/4" After a few mins I get a pop up that asks if I want to allow age of empires 3: the war chiefs to make changes. I press yes. InstallationSteps: Download AgeIIIESOPatch_Full and then run the application. Click Patch Game File in the Age of Empires III Patcher window that opens. Click Open to start the installation in the default Age of Empires 3 folder. If Age of Empires III is not installed in the default location, navigate to the folder where saved. mygame always starts in full screnn mode. #1. GK May 14, 2021 @ 2:03pm. Same problem here. Fullscreen mode looks the same as windowed mode after last update. #2. SWS May 14, 2021 @ 2:11pm. You're right. I just noticed I Itis located on Steam library. Mine is D:\steam-games. So the files are in d:\steam-games\steamapps\common\age of empires 3\bin\ Right click on the file and choose properties, click Compatibility tab, make sure choose Windows XP (Service Pack 3) Compatibility mode and choose Run this program as an administrator. Step 2. Install 9Y60r6.