If you bring settlers 3 to run on Windows XP / 7 want you do the following: You must enter the Internet googling "settlers 3 Kernell32.dll". Then come some posts where the settlers under XP / 7 also did not run. As you click through times, somewhere there is a new file to download S3.exe. You go then in the directory C: / Bluebyte / Settlers3. The file contains the old S3.exe. The you simply delete and then copy the new clean. Now it click S3.exe and then runs the super under XP. It's funny that it was not long ago is a new edition in which has been modified. ATTENTION. With Windows 7, I had not yet 2 tricks to apply to keep it running (possibly also for XP recommended if there also is not already running): After I was file copied to the directory Settlers3 the new S3.exe you will also find a program "FileCovert". There you double-click on it, after which it is executed. which is necessary so that the new file is S3.exe recognized by the system! Now finally you click the S3.exe file but with a right click (!) Then you very a menu item where their settlers in compatibility mode "Windows 95" can run up. that makes her and now klappts! If that should not be you doing the right click again and the program will finally as an administrator. If that does not help, I also do not remember ...