update failed and subsequent fresh install has stdshape.res

[F77]

This netbook ran ah3 fine until the  last update  which failed along with subsequent fresh installs with the attached error.  I am trying to install to a pendrive F but I think ah is using C as a temp storage space.  Ideas anyone?  fyi C normally has a couple of gb free and F has plenty.

p.s. been given this laptop as a temp measure whilst in hospital, it has win10 and small storage so it is all greek to me!

[Skuzzy]

According to your DXDIAG output, there is no free space on C:. 

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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      Drive: C:
 Free Space: 0.0 GB

As the patcher uses the User temp folder on C: to unpack and install the data, before copying it to the final destination it requires, at least, 3GB of free space to run.

I also noted in the diagnostic section Windows update is also failing.  That is probably where most of your free space went.

I am surprised AH3 would run at all.  On the surface, with only 2GB of system RAM, and using the Intel video chip, which also steals memory from system RAM (up to 1GB), there would not appear to be enough resources to run the game.

[F77]

thank you skuzzie!  As I suspected it needs space on c to install. There is no space on c since ah install was still on... bailing like mad atm... there must be a way lo link folders like unix

[Bizman]

Thanks for the information, yet another thing I've learned through these forums. 

Seeing a hard drive of 29 Gb is like a blast from the past when people upgraded their operating systems on old machines. From Win98 to XP, that is.

[F77]

I found a couple of large folder and a file and bailed like crazy... I actually got AHIII to work and I had a small flight in the ta.... albeit very laggy... but I got airborne!! 

[Bizman]

F77, in search of space on your disk, the cleanup utility has quite a many options. Press the Windows flag button and R simultaneously and type cleanmgr.exe. Choose C:. When you see the table with check boxes, click "Clean up System files" to get more options like cleaning Windows Update. Choose whichever you like, click OK and wait until the window disappears.