Annoying YIKES! message fix

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Annoying YIKES! message fix

Postby Kevin_Hahn » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:42 am

I'm not 100% sure this hasn't been done before, but I found a permanent fix to get rid of the annoying YIKES! message that we all know pops-up after an error.


First step: DELETE the "TROUBLE.rtf" file from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Midtown Madness 2

Second step: Copy the "Midtown2.exe" file from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Midtown Madness 2

Third step: Paste it in the same location that you copied it

Fourth step: Rename it as "TROUBLE.rtf.exe"

Fifth step: Give me feedback that it worked for you! Or not! :P


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Postby BUGATTIMAN253MPH » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:48 pm

MM2 Hack allows you to launch the game without the YIKES message even if your game crashed recently.
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Postby Kevin_Hahn » Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:10 pm

MM2 Hack allows you to launch the game without the YIKES message even if your game crashed recently.
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Oh, great. Thanks for saying that. I thought surely there was another fix for this.
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Postby FXANBSS » Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:38 pm

i have a Midtown2.exe that not appear YIKES message.

i don't know why i had this but good. :)
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Postby aaro4130 » Mon Oct 13, 2014 10:17 pm

Or you use the argument -nolockcheck
and if you want to skip the movie thing -nomovie
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Postby Kevin_Hahn » Mon Oct 13, 2014 11:57 pm

Or you use the argument -nolockcheck
and if you want to skip the movie thing -nomovie
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Yeah, ok... My idea was quite silly, but practical. I think this topic can be deleted now? :P
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Postby aaro4130 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 9:43 am

Wait a sec, Offtopic but. Is that a Gavril D15 Offroad in your profile picture?
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Postby e-cobra » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:27 am

But will 'TROUBLE.rtf.exe' be interpreted as a .rtf file? I'm yet to try this.. nice thinking! :)
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Postby aaro4130 » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:35 pm

Yes it is.

Also it will be interpreted as a RTF file since MM2 uses sys("start TROUBLE.rtf"); in it's code. Therefore the same thing as typing that in CMD.EXE
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Postby Kevin_Hahn » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:00 pm

So has this worked for anybody yet? :?:
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Postby barti » Sat Dec 13, 2014 1:33 pm

I just made a .bat script which checks for the presence of a mm2.lock file, deletes it if it's found and starts the game. Then I made a shortcut to the .bat file and set MM2's icon to it. Works like a charm.
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Postby aaro4130 » Sun Dec 14, 2014 12:15 am

Or you could just start MM2 like "midtown2.exe -nolockcheck" and have MM2 do the work.
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