Age of Empires The Conquerors Windows 7 error

Question

I'm trying to play the Conquerors on Windows 7 but I get the following error:

Age of Empires II Expansion has stopped working

The Age Of Kings runs just fine

Answer 1

I had some similar trouble with the game. I found this article(thread) quite helpful.

1. Open notepad and copy/paste the part below.

   • If you have Age of Empires II:

     taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
     EMPIRES2.EXE
     Start explorer.exe
     

   • If you have Age of Empires II with expansion:

     taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
     age2_x1.exe
     Start explorer.exe
     

2. Save as Windows7 fix.bat and put it in the same folder where you installed Age of Empires.

3. Make a shortcut to the bat to access the game and if necessary change the icon so it looks like the actual shortcut.

Answer 2

I suggest you go into options and try changing the resolution around until it stops crashing.