…for an old game (MechCommander 1) that’ll let me play it on my current system. I think it’s just not able to run on XP. I don’t know whether anyone has the game and knows a solution to this problem, but that’d be great since i’m doubting there’d be a patch anywhere. The old home page for the game now links to sigh Shadowrun.
Did you try the XP compatibility mode? Right click on your shortcut, properties, then compatability tab. Choose an older format then OK. I have some old games on my computer and this is the only way I could get them to run.