# Two different PC games think they're the same
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-different-pc-games-think-theyre-the-same/340979
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 21, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-different-pc-games-think-theyre-the-same/340979 "2006-01-21T12:08:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2006, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-different-pc-games-think-theyre-the-same/340979/1 "2006-01-21T12:08:11Z")
Hello dopers! I’ve run into an unusual problem trying to run a couple of my favorite PC racing games. I currently have Need for Speed Most Wanted and while it’s fun I was also craving the elegant simplicity of Need for Speed Underground. But when I try to install Underground it asks me if I want to _play_ Most Wanted. EA Games knows about installer issues, per their support page [here.](http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=11133&p_created=1132362535&p_sid=uWQHz9-h&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MTgmcF9wcm9kcz03LDQ3MCw0NzUmcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0zLjQ3NSZwX2N2PSZwX3NlYXJjaF90eXBlPWFuc3dlcnMuc2VhcmNoX25sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9aW5zdGFsbA**&p_li=&p_topview=1)
But I’m not having the problem they describe (new game won’t install because of old one), I’m running into the opposite (old game won’t install because of new one). Now I see they have a page on going into the registry to delete a value but that refers to Underground 2 rather than one and I don’t want to hack and slash in the registry unless I absolutely must. So I ask the Teeming Millions: any ideas on how I can have both of these games installed on the same machine?
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### Author:  [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-different-pc-games-think-theyre-the-same/340979/2 "2006-01-21T14:13:46Z")
Uninstall new game, install old game then reinstall new game using the company’s procedure.
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### Author:  [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-different-pc-games-think-theyre-the-same/340979/3 "2006-02-09T12:18:44Z")
Just bumping my old thread to say I found the solution in the depths of EA’s message boards. It’s actually pretty simple. Take NFSU folder and put it in Recycle Bin. Install NFS:MW. Restore NFSU from the Bin.
All I can say is damn… I wish I had thought of it myself.
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### Author:  [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-different-pc-games-think-theyre-the-same/340979/4 "2006-02-09T15:46:39Z")
I think I remember the application are both named speed.exe or something. Sort of a dumb move on EA’s part.