NO DSL WHATSOEVER! *HOORAY! IS SOLVED!*

[rnifnuf]

Hello and good evening to you.

Here's the story:

Ever since discovering the wonders of DSL on May 19, 2013, I turned my back on Stock. That changed earlier today (July 6, 2013)

I vastly improved all of my main stock bots (Coming soon: rnifnuf's Cavalcade of Stock Crap), so I feel more confident in my stock building skills.

THIS is where the problems start.

After spending some time in C:\Program Files (x86)\Infogrames\Robot Arena 2\Robot Arena 2.exe with Cherry Flavored's Anti-Ballast installed, I decided to spend some time in G:\PC Games\DSL 2.1\Robot Arena 2.exe (My main DSL directory)

It got to the first screen for a second, then stopped completely. It told me that "Windows couldn't find a solution to the problem" after DSL crashed.

This was a Ready-To-Go version of DSL 2.1 downloaded from the RA2 Wiki.

HERE is the kicker:

My backup DSL did the same thing!

I extracted the DSL files from the RAR again and ran DSL directly from there: SAME STINKING OUTCOME 

Maybe the problem was how I ran DSL in the first place: I put the extracted DSL folder on a flash drive and ran the DSL straight from there.

NOW comes the question, the answer to which may be the solution to my conundrum.

How do I properly install DSL AND be able to run both DSL and stock?

I know I sound like a complete and total n00b, but I would appreciate any help to solve my conundrum so I can be  , maybe even  as opposed to

[Kossokei]

cutting through all the spam and crap, this is what he said (roughly)

I have two versions of RA2; I have stock in a different folder with one mod installed (Cherry Flavored's Anti-ballast) and I have DSL in another folder and separate drive entirely. I was playing stock for a little while and then I decided to play DSL. It gave me a "Windows couldn't find a solution to the problem" error after DSL crashed (This was a ready-to-go version of DSL 2.1 downloaded from the RA2 wiki). My backup DSL did the same thing. So, I reinstalled it, ran it, and it gave me the same problem.

My question is: How do I have DSL and Stock installed at the same time and be able to run both of them with no problems?

Anyway, other than keeping them in separate folders and running the corresponding .exe of the version of ra2 that you want to play, I don't think there is anything else to be done. I never have this problem and I have DSL2.1 and DSL3 installed on my computer.

[090901]

Try putting RA2 in your documents folder and if that doesn't work your desktop

[Naryar]

Pointless shouting removed. Next time keep your post concise.

attempt to copy your stock ra2 into another folder and then install ra2 over it.

[martymidget]

Try putting RA2 in your documents folder and if that doesn't work your desktop

This. I have 10 copies of RA2 littered around, and 9 of them work, and I know why the 1 doesn't and I'm too lazy to fix it.

[rnifnuf]

Good evening once more.

Thank you for trying to help by suggesting possible solutions to my conundrum, and thanks to Naryar for reminding me about keeping posts concise, but none of them worked.

Here's what I will try:

I will backup and uninstall Stock and backup and delete ALL of my copies of DSL. Then, I will re-install and patch stock and then I will try DSL.

More on that at 11...

EDIT (7/8/2013 21:53 PDT):

I know this is being updated noticeably before 11pm, but HOORAY! IT WORKED! DANCE PARTY! 

Good night, GTM!

[Naryar]

Good for you.

also... 1 smiley is just as indicative of your mood as 6 and is less annoying. Do not use 6 smileys in a row. We don't like spam in the main forum.