Far Cry Fatal Error 1603 Fixed

Its in my bad luck i guess that the half of the games that i purchase to be problematic! Damn you PC, you and ur f**ing incompatibilities, bugs etc.

Having bought Far Cry quiet recently i just tried to install and guess what?! When you finish with the install wiszard parameters and the beloved bar is ready to fill ..VOILA! Fatal Error 1603! Though internet is free and you can say what ever you want i ll try to keep my mouth shut and i wont say how much i love Microsft and Ubisoft right now!

The truth is I didnt googled the problem too much i just tried something myself and it worked so here is the solution and i invite you to try it to and see what happens. Farcry was released in 2004 and most of the users then we were using WinXP so I though it was a simple compatibility and administrator problem. So here is what you have to do:

1. Go to "My Computer" right click on the cd icon and click "Open"

2. There you will see several files and among them a "setup" one.

3. Right click on it and select properties then select the 2nd tab "combatibility"

4. There there is an unchecked boc that reads "run this program in combatibility mode for". Check it and click ok

5. Do exactly the same with the FarCry icon (the one that is Windows Installer Package, not the application one) and click ok

6. Now right click again on "setup" and click "Run as administrator"

I did all of the above and the game installed just fine. (maybe the steps though from 1 to 5 are unnecessary but it wont harm to be done). Enjoy!