Re-name your existing game or put it in a separate folder then try re-installing the game and patches in the default installation path. This is a problem with your installation / OS otherwise we would be flooded with the same issues from everyone else........... not to mention we'd have seen it as well and if we had seen it the patch would never have been released. Does both WinSPWW2 and WinSPMBT do this for you ?
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So I have to uninstall & reinstall both games? Yes both games have the same issue. I never had this problem with all the other updates until now. I got windows 7. Okay I will try the total re-installation of both games....