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first off if im posting this inappropriately can someone tell me off, sorry, first post for help in modding forums?

cant find anyone who has posted about the same problem. cant open H2Core or H2Guerilla on my computer or two others ive tried on. windows xp home. gets as far as asking for the mainmenu map file but once you locate it and press Open the browser disappears and thats it. Nothing else. its still running in processes in task manager but thats all. mainmenu map is clean, i have the right netframework installed, and ive tried with 2 different versions of each program.

i realise this isnt directly related to modding but didnt know where else to post.
anyone help plz???

got it to work. like what 3 minutes after i posted. had to open it using cmd and muck around with cancelling or opening..... is that normal?

not normal no, if your computer is old or maybe virus ridden maybe, in future if you don't post straight after yourself (double post) use the edit button (top right of post)

*like so because I just thought you've gone to settings and pointed it toward mainmenu and shared sp and mp does it still take ages after that?*

i also have problems with h2core and h2gurilla.
i set the map paths but when i got to file open the program freezes and a bunch of little windows pop up.