Hey there traveler, stay a awhile and listen,
to make this guide as quickly and easy as possible I’ll show you now the steps you have to do to play Diablo 2 on Windows 10!
First step: Install the Game where ever you want. First D2 and then LoD. If you downloaded and installed the game you should now have an Icon on your Desktop (Diablo II - Lord of Destruction).
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Secound step: // Now we get to the Important stuff.
You rightclick on your Diablo II Icon and go to properties.
On properties you go under the tab “compatibility” here you only make a checkmark under “run the program as administrator”.
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Third step: You go back under the tab “shortcut” here you copy this and paste it behind your destination path.
-w -nofixaspect
For example: “D:\Diablo II\Diablo II.exe” -w -nofixaspect
The reason here is: -w makes your game windowed and -nofixaspect allows you to enlarge that window.
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Fourth step: You can now start the game it starts to ask you if you wanna run the program as administrator. You click yes!
// IMPORTANT: You hold you’re ALT Key on you’re keyboard when you click yes!
If you don’t hold your ALT Key you will get the ACCESS VIOLATION C0000005 Error.
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END: I tryed so many things to start this old game and found this solution after 5 Days by myself. I found nothing on the internet that helped so I thought I show you my way.
Why does this only works when you hold your ALT Key? I dunno I think it will Skip the Error or don’t allow it to pop up.
// SIDENOTE: If you klick Ingame on Battle.net the game downloads all patches you need, after this the game will crash. Now you can restart the game and click on Battle.net to play online!
I hope this guide helped you, if you have any question or any problems I try my best to answer and help.
“A New Ally Has Joined the Game but the minions of Hell grow stronger.”