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I used to play the game Freelancer, which originally was designed to work with win98/Me/2000/xp, with Windows Xp/Vista/7. Now I upgraded to Win 10 and it doesn't run anymore.

The problem is, that it asks for additional rights and tells me to log in again with admin rights, though I have admin rights. I heard, that this is a problem to be expected with older programs, but that you can fix it with compatibility-mode.

That's what I have tried so far:

  • Different compatibility-modes(XP(different SPs)/Vista/7/98/Me)
  • Run the shortcut with admin-rights
  • run the .exe with admin-rights
  • reinstall game
  • disabling UAC
  • create a task with the task-scheduler with highest priority
  • set admin-rights in the shortcut compatibility settings

None of this works. I noticed that the game-process starts, when I try to open it without admin-rights, but then I get the "you need admin-rights" error and it shuts down. When I'm running it with admin-rights/compatibility-mode it doesn't start but therefore a lot of .dll processes start and close immediately.

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  • Compatibility Mode uses a shim, it fixes most problems, but not all nor does it claim to be.
    – Ramhound
    Jan 9, 2016 at 22:31

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This is apparently caused by the anti-piracy measures used in Freelancer which do not work correctly with Windows 10 as mentioned here. A resolution for this is to use a no-cd crack to disable the protection. You can probably get one here. (There may be legal issues surrounding this in your country. Consult a lawyer if you are unsure.)

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