thief DS:crash on startup:VISTA

[hotdogman]

i know there are a lot of posts on this problum but nothing works. when ever i click on the .exe the game just says "Thief : Deadly Shadows has stopped working" then a bubble pops up on taskbar with DEP error saying it closed thief. I tryed shutting DEP off, I have tried setting compatiblity to XP sp2
but nothing works

i also read that "fujikazu" has a fix for it but he cant post in the the forum. and he in not emailing me back. if you know how to fix it plz help.

[hotdogman]

OK HERE IS HOW TO FIX IT

To stop the DEP protection, launch an elevated command prompt shell with administrative priviledges and credentials (log on to Windows Vista with a user account with administrator rights, and then right click on Command Prompt icon and select “Run as Administrator, or turn off UAC). Then execute the following command:

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOff

If you regret your decision and now wants to enable or turn back on the DEP protection for your Windows Vista, simply use the following command instead:

bcdedit.exe /set {current} nx AlwaysOn

it works

[Peter Smith]

Thanks for posting this, hotdogman.

I am curious. What is the argument "{current}"? Are these the exact characters you type, or do you replace this string with something else? I have never seen {xxx} used in a CMD window command.

I don't have Vista, so I can't try it. If others try it, please post back with your success and thanks.

[hotdogman]

you type it in exact way i have it there