StarCraft Color Fix for Windows 7

[Jawbreaker1000]

hmm, didn't work. Do I need to check anything else in the compatibility tab?

[9999HT]

good job man thanks a lot

by the way whats the name of the song we hear ?

[Mirage22X]

@9999HT Infinite Justice, by Astral Projection

[titannes]

man amazing i was all night looking for patches and crap but this simp-le bat file made it work. Fantastic and very smart

[tamhbawch]

thanks it worked

[Mirage22X]

Hey everyone, I re-uploaded the Automated Batch file creator, MegaUpload got took offline prolly for good, I hope rapidshare is ok with everyone, later when I can, i'm gonna have a direct download link. Thanks for your patience!

[Mirage22X]

@timeforfunstuff and @isanami1, I just realized megaupload was seized by the FBI :(, I will work and get this re-uploaded as soon as possible, thanks

[timeforfunstuff]

ummm what other websites is this on? mega upload has been seized by the FBI

[isanami1]

fuck you amerika,fuck you fbi ... can´t download it......

[MrHav1k]

It worked! Thanks! 

[azn9416]

damn awesome....can't believe im still playing broodwar in 2011....but thanks!! lol

[Mirage22X]

@azn9416 its because its a great game

[adiosGoku]

thanx it really worked! :) for those of you who's not working unistall the game and make sure you install it in program files to make sure the location you typed in lets you access the game with this notepad file

[Redeemed]

it is amazing that there's still no official fix for this issue yet.

[ermacmaster]

FOR EVERYONE THATS SCREEN STARTED MESSING JUST ALT CTRL DELETE AND TASK MANAGER FILE>NEW TASK AND TYPE explorer.exe and hit enter

[xXghostmodXZ]

OMGOMGOMGOMMGOMG DUDE YOUR A BEAST!!! your the best! this helped me allot! and the person who said "My computer is screwed now", yes plasticfungus im talking to u, you probobly typed something wrong in the file that made it startup wrong OR you saved it into the Starcraft file then opened it from there

[KingDavidANC]

It's like no one has ever heard of a video editor. News flash: You get a FREE one just for rolling out of bed, and running Windows.

[user314159265358979A]

too bad my volume buttons still don't work while playing sc :(

[Mirage22X]

@user314159265358979A I have the same issue and haven't figured out a workaround as of yet, I have speakers and I just use my volume knobs for sound. I know there is a solution because I got it to work on a Netbook, yes I said a Netbook while explorer was terminated, IMO, I think if you have a program that can contact the correct drivers, you can use volume buttons on ur keyboard, or whatever it may be.

[Mirage22X]

@user314159265358979A But the primary source of the problem is that explorer.exe is terminated is the reason y your volume buttons isn't working, u can try it w/o running the batch file, and see if that works, for testing purposes

[user314159265358979A]

@Mirage22X lol allmost forgot my volume buttons didnt work. that was the least of my concerns, because i have a new problem: after the batch file started and explorer ends, nothing happens :( have to log off and log into my computer again to start explorer again.

[Mage13246]

no problems on my end this works great for me

[user314159265358979A]

hello, i have a way different problem which is not mentioned anywhere on internet: on my 64 bit windows 7 laptop, sc1 will start properly after using this fix, but when i leave/end a mission, the game fails. does anyone have a fix for this isue?

[misternipples100]

@user314159265358979A start the program with compatability mode (right click and troubleshoot compatabilty)

[user314159265358979A]

@misternipples100 ok thx for reminding me, i thought i had compatibility right but was not after all :p. after doing that the game wouldnt start at all anymore though :/. retyped the batch file from this laptop instead of using the copied one and works now :p thx again

[misternipples100]

@user314159265358979A no problem, also if the problem arises when compatability mode is on just toggle around with the windows version (ie: XP to 2000 to 98) and vice versa.

[CommSplatz]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!

[bluetech7753]

vidoe book tutorial. just like reading a book.

[saurabhsharmarules]

maybe you can get on teamviewer and help me if you dont mind plz plz

[saurabhsharmarules]

didnt work for me:(

[user314159265358979A]

the fuuuuuuuuutch! i'd never have guessed it, but apparently it had to do with uppercase/lowercase stuff.

***ATTENTION USERS***

if u came from under the same rock as i did, the batch file is case sensitive

[user314159265358979A]

ive made it exactly as u said, had a problem with (x86) forgot the spacve :p

but now i solved that too, the progra starts as shown in the video, except the colors are still the same. this didnt solve anything at all. adn it takes very long to start, i see the black prompt screen for about 15 seconds :s

[theREALsensuya]

Oh my God dude you are my freaking hero!!!!!!

[Hellfire918]

I get an error saying the CD isn't in the drive

[yantheduke]

you saved my fucking life man!

[028843862]

thank you !!!!

[ilovetodayy]

thanks for stating that b.net still works too :D was about to ask

[GimllyK]

Thanks a lot working just awesome. :)

[Chaosinfinity100]

I almost give up on playing Brood War but was lucky to stumble on this video. Thank a lot dude, you really save my day.

[BUTTABALLA999]

Fuck all these haters, the automated program worked for me. Thank you! The old "Screen Resolution" trick was no longer working for me. Follow his instructions in the annotation about the boxes to tick under the StarCraft shortcut, run the automated batch creator as Administrator, and everything will be just dandy. Thanks man.

[youmeeln]

Compatibility mode didn't work for me. Opening the Screen resolution window did. Haven't tried the .bat thing but it seems to work for a lot of people. Now I just need a magical program that enables windowed mode for every game... :p

[CoolestGuy001]

@youmeeln Bro create a shortcut of the .exe file to ur desktop, then right click on the shortcut and go down to properties, then at the end of the "path" add a (space)-window-

[CoolestGuy001]

@CoolestGuy001 srry (space)-window- It looked like there was a return but there wasnt

[GeneralGuitFiddle]

Opening the "resolution" window (right click on desktop, select it from menu) did not work for me. I messed with Compatiblity mode (on windows 7 go to start search bar and type "run programs made for previous windows" and the auto search should come up with a mode that works for some. However, The above method was the only way I could get colour to display well.

[dylanponce10]

Its better if you right click on your desktop and go to screen resolution and leave it open while your playing (THUMBS UP IF THIS WORKED!!!!)

[nvanadium]

You da MAN!!!

[xXsoloJXx]

Is there a way to create a batch file to run starcraft first, and then to run my oblivian hack after it kills explorer and starts starcraft?

[ChoMeiSter014]

Thanks man!!! i hope it works on every old games...

[MrEubert]

man it has a virus



[AgeuGordinho]

Muito bom funcionou aqui!

[red50004]

thank you! this completely fixed it

[TheSkioski]

right click your desktop open up screen resolution and play.or go threw all that shit which i frankly couldnt get to work.easy peasy

[ReiaTube]

i use a no install version :/

[FrogBoy1000]

AMAZING!!! Thanx man!

[iloNoli]

If you open your resolution settings in control panel then open starcraft it works. (Keep the resolution page running open or minimised it doesn't matter.

[TheSkioski]

@iloNoli yes



[Dr0on]

taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe

StarCraft.exe

Start explorer.exe

end

It's better ;]

Put it batch file with "StarCraft.exe" IT'S BATCH FILE WORKS BETTER

(I'm russian, sry for my bad english)

[iaureee]

Woah dude it worked, i hope it will also prevent from crashing

[halomaster546]

thanks for the help! :D

[platinium554]

it really work !!! Thanks !!!

[SpartanShadow125]

Okay, its all good (bonus it gave 1024x768 display!) but it glitches and crashes after i try to restart a mission

[PlasticFungus]

this fucked up my computer the start menu bar dissapeared aswell as all desktop icons

[DeadbeatXT]

@PlasticFungus Same thing happened to me

I just Ctrl Alt Dlt and log off and on again.

[Mirage22X]

@PlasticFungus Check your text file to see if you have exactly what I put, if your start menu fails to show up, hit Ctrl + Alt + Delete, Start Task Manager, Then go to File, New Task (Run...) then type "explorer.exe" without the quotes then click ok then you should have your start menu back

[Andrudis]

Thank you so much for this!!!

[randeDANDE]

yay

[Skoredger]

GOOD JOB BRO

[373756564397]

Thanks for the help!

Works great. You the Man!

[themoomaster787]

YAY

[keegan7ThatMe]

Thank you works like a charm

[nobodyf69]

wow it works its the 1st one to work ty

[nobodyf69]

wow it works its the 1st one to work

[dreadfsoul632]

wow! nice man. thx!

[scariguy]

If you add a /wait in the batch file explorer waits until starcraft exists before restarting. All explained in my video.

[limitbreakVII]

my bro and i agree,you rock,thanks for the fix,much appreciated,this issue had us going crazy, two-thumbs up! =)

[PenguinEntropy]

Simple and worked like a charm

thx man, does this get rid of the occasional crashes when playing campaign missions?

[Mirage22X]

@PenguinEntropy I've had the same problem and have recently restored my computer to factory default settings, it has worked for me since, so I am thinking it is a program causing it, but I don't kno what, but once I find out, I will reply back

[xXghostmodXZ]

@Mirage22X maybe its a file kinda of like META-INF from minecraft wich was denying mods, just gotta spot it out

[Mirage22X]

@xXghostmodXZ never played minecraft but this in the video is NOT a mod, it's a binary file that controls explorer.exe because it seems that StarCraft doesn't run right while Windows 7's explorer.exe is running, it simply terminates explorer.exe while StarCraft is running, and when the batch file detects that the user has exited StarCraft, it starts explorer.exe back up so all the batch file really has to do with StarCraft is to start the game and constantly check to see if it is still running

[Mirage22X]

@xXghostmodXZ but as far as the META-INF from minecraft, it may be, i dunno tho

[WaaWaaWheeWaa]

anyone know if theres a way to make it work with the oblivion z loader?

[urbster1]

Right click on the desktop, then click "Screen resolutions." Leave that window up, and then open Starcraft. Fixed my problem right away. Weird, I know, but it worked!

[antary90]

I`m gonna 5 star this for sure.

WAIT WHERE ARE THE STARS?

[Tenari1]

Worked Perfect!! TY!

[ACKAX]

U ROCK... NONE OTHER WORKED BUT THIS ONE DID

[Mirage22X]

@agrahamtec84 crossover cable

[SgtAvre]

didn't work, my SC colors became even more messed after this "fix"

[Mirage22X]

@SgtAvre try changing your setting to 256 colors and set the resolution to 640x480, that's about all there is to do, or wait till Starcraft 2

[Steltekuk]

I had a problem were explorer desktop did not start back up so I changed the last line to "start %windir%\Explorer.exe"

And that fixed the problem. I think Win 7 has 2 diff versions of explorer.exe one for file manager one for environment unlike win xp. I was using Win 7 64 bit Ultimate.

[Mirage22X]

@Steltekuk Thanks for the comment, although i haven't tested this for myself, this method should also work

[halofreak117222]

dude thanks man!