AH will not start

[Bino]

A small pop-up window entitled "ERROR" displays this message:

    Initialization failed with -9
    mainWLD_FAILED -1


Link to DxDiag info here

[Bino]

Fixed it by
1.) renaming "settings" to "porked-settings"
and
2.) re-installing right over the old install

Still curious about that error message, though...   

[usvi]

Just got the same message myself,will try your fix.

[Skuzzy]

It means the game executable cannot find the resources to start the game.  Usually from being moved to the desktop, instead of a shortcut being created to it.

Easy fix is to simply install the full version of the game over the top of the existing installation without removing the old installation.

[usvi]

It means the game executable cannot find the resources to start the game.  Usually from being moved to the desktop, instead of a shortcut being created to it.

Easy fix is to simply install the full version of the game over the top of the existing installation without removing the old installation.

Yup that worked.
Problem started after I flashed my bios but is fixed now.