tried turning off virus checker (after disconnecting from web) then uninstall reboot reinstalling no joy
cant think of anything else

am already logged on as administrator

attempted to start the game by double clicking the desktop icon in the usual way - no result seen
attempted to start the game by clicking on startup menu item with the same result
the game was installed to default directory and the system was restarted in between attempts
latest version of java ...

forgot to mention this is the boxed version purchased from Game

I have just purchased Military History commander europe at war and it will not run. I tried all the patches on the site still no joy,
my specs - AMD 3400+, 2gb ram, gt8800, 500gb hdd, win xp, all recent drivers updated.

double clicking on icon or selecting start-up menu item does not work not even ...