Riven issue; due to QuickTime? Options

[Zeos]

Okay, here is the deal, I got the Myst Tenth Anniversary set, two of the games are useless to me. I can't play Riven, I've tried everything, patches, you name it I've tried it. The GSPD patches, don't work dvd version doesn't come with one of the files. I even did the Mohawk trick. The quicktime files are copied and everything.

I, with nothing else to do, tried installing the 6.3 Quicktime.

I'm running Windows Xp with Sp 2. None of my drivers for anything are conflicting the game.

Here it comes.

-I run it with QT 7, nothing, doesn't even start.

-I run it under compatibility mode, black screen then to desktop.

-I get QT 6, nothing.

-I run compatibility with QT 6, runs fine until the first screen (Where Atrus Speaks) just freezes at him. Although, if I quick really fast before, it skips the video then freezes at the second screen (The starting Age).

I'm extremely angry, two games out of a three game box don't work, thank god for realMyst.

Although, I really want to play Riven, the box lied to me, even the Ubisoft site does, claiming running in compatibility mode fixes all problems!

[D'ehrek]

Hi, all!
I've decided to replay Myst 1-4, and I was going to begin Riven today. However, following the install, the game simply refuses to launch when I ask it to, no matter how I do it - I don't even get an error message, nothing happens at all. I've tried the compatibility options, but they seem to have no effect. I'm running a version 1.0.2.0 that came in my "Myst - The Collection" box (so it's an Ubi-reprint, I'm pretty sure, although I think the game data is completely the same as with an original release)... frankly, I'm not sure what to do, and I've reinstalled it about three or four times with the same results.

Ideas? :/

~D.

ETA: I should add that while my current computer is a recent purchase I've never had problems running Riven on Windows XP before. That's why I'm a little puzzled.

ETA2: I only just now realized that I've made a bit of a duplicate thread, as Zeos seems to post about the exact same problem in his/her thread from yesterday - I'll check that one. Mods, please excuse, and feel free to lock this topic.