Usually people get computers for business: work, creativity, communication. But let's face it, there’s something else worth buying a PC for. These are computer games. There are even special gaming computers, a gamer's dream. But games can be not only a means of having fun. Among them, there are often educational programs that allow us to learn something new.
There are those who develop a reaction, logical thinking, or other useful skills. Therefore, it would be wrong to position computer games solely as children's entertainment. But often, users do not know how to start the game. Often problems begin already during installation. To avoid such difficulties, you should know something about such programs.
First of all, it will be about the games bought in the store, for which the user paid hard-earned money. Agree, it would be unpleasant to buy a disk and encounter such a problem as the inability to start a game from it. In some cases, this is how it ends. An upset person just puts the toy in the long box - covered in dust. This would not have happened if he had known how to launch the game.
Availability of free space on the computer
The installation process itself can take up to an hour, but most often it goes much faster. A few minutes - and you can enjoy the game. But not so simple in reality. Before you put the disk in the drive, it is recommended to check the free space on the computer. Especially on the local drive where you intend to install the game. There should be at least a little more space than the minimum it requires. Otherwise, problems in her work are possible.
This is especially important for the system local disk (your OS is installed on it). This is not about the toy itself, but about the functioning of the computer as a whole. Do not fill such a disk to the eyeballs. For entertainment, it is better to choose another, especially since in most computers the available space is divided into just two local partitions. If necessary, you can delete unnecessary programs and information to free up the necessary amount of space.
How to run a game bought in a store
Now you can run the game setup program . Usually for this it is enough to insert a disk into the drive (the first disk, if there are several), after which the desired window will open. But not all computers have autorun enabled. If this is true for yours, you will have to activate the installation manually. Open the "My Computer" icon in the Start menu or from the desktop. Here you need to double-click on the icon of the drive in which the game is located. As a result, either the program we need immediately starts, or a folder with it opens. This means that you need to select from all the icons the one that has the extension “.exe” (usually with the name of the game) and run it.
Further, it is enough to follow simple instructions. First, you need to agree to the license agreement (you can even read it, but we don’t need it), by checking the corresponding item. Be careful. Without this, further installation will not be available. Then it remains to click only “Yes”, “OK” and “Next” depending on the version of the installation program. Also in the process of our actions, it will be possible to choose which local drive the game will be installed on. If the directory indicated by the computer does not suit you, then there is a Browse button (the name may vary, but there is one meaning). By clicking it, you must manually select the desired drive and the destination folder on it. All. Now, clicking “Next” (choosing the desired language, additional software and drivers, if offered), we start the installation.
If everything goes according to the scenario, the question of how to start the game comes down to a couple of mouse clicks on the game icon. The icon should eventually appear on the desktop. But if you did not find him there - do not be alarmed. Then you should look for a toy in the main menu. Most likely, it is at the very end of the list of installed programs.
How to run a downloaded game
When we do not want to spend money and time on a trip to the store, we download the game via the Internet. We choose support for piracy instead of support for the developer of the program. To some extent, this is simpler, and if conscience does not torment you, we turn to the question of how to launch a game that has been downloaded on a worldwide network. As in the first case, you must first install. If there is an icon with the extension “.exe” in the folder with the downloaded game, then you just need to click on it and then proceed as in the previous version.
But in some cases, instead of the usual icons, you see an image file. Most often they have the extension “.iso”, but others are possible. In any case, to run such a file, we need a disk emulation program. She seems to be deceiving the computer, creating a virtual drive in which the game disk is supposedly located. The easiest way to figure out is Daemon Tools Lite. After downloading and installing it, run the emulator. It will contain an icon with a disk image, when you hover over it, the inscription "Add file" appears.
We click on it and in the menu that opens we look for the folder where the “.iso” file is located. Alternatively, you can simply drag it to the work area of the program, where you can see the image of the drive. Then the installer opens. If this does not happen, then the next steps are no different from the actions with a conventional drive: open "My Computer", open a virtual drive with a game, find the startup file (".exe") there and double-click on it.
How to run a flash game
Some people prefer small fun games as entertainment. In fact, how much does it take to relax. But sometimes flash games do not want to run on the computer. What is the reason? The most likely is the absence of Adobe Flash Player (or an outdated version) installed on the computer. The solution to this problem is not difficult. To do this, go to the official website of the program developer and download the latest version. After installing it, problems with flash games usually do not arise.