Freelancer on Windows 10 Technical Preview

thanks for the info

I got a free upgrade to windows 10 as an 8.1 user. Now I try to run Freelancer and nothing happens, I get the usual admin privilege yes or no option, click yes then.....nothing. I tried to re-install the game, I checked the bit in the 1st post here (though I found it says "DirectPlay" not "DirectShow", ticked anyway) set the compatibility as normal but nothing works. any ideas what I'm missing?

when it asks for directplay you have to allow it
thats it

FL runs pretty good on win 10 actually

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when it asks for directplay you have to allow it
thats it

Well, I have done that, but it still does not work for me.
I have also ran he compatibilty troubleshooter, which ends with 'program not compatible'

Any other suggestion?

I have played and replayed Freelancer many times through the years and various versions of Windows, I would hate to no longer be able to replay it...

Do you play with mods or with the original game?
On Windows 10 a driver for the games copy protection is missing which prevents FL to run.

You will need to download a no-cd exe.
The Starport - A Freelancer Game Fansite :: Downloads

The original game, and I still have my old boxed copy.

I was not aware of that protection issue, that would probably be it, then.

Update: that seemed to do the trick, thanks.
Do I need to install any patch on top of it? I do not remember which patch I had installed previously, while I was still running Windows 7.

To play the original game you dont need anything else.

But if you want more than the original game you might want to take a look at:
Crossfire 2.0 mod for Freelancer - Mod DB

Very interesting, a sequel to the original game
Thanks for the heads-up.