Some let me continue to play, even if I click on the X. Much like Steam or a game asking me permission to allow them further access to my PC, which I am weary of as well. It seems it is becoming more and more common. And there are a few other games that are doing it, but most did not have this problem until some what recently. I can get around that by playing through the Shrine (mod?). Ultimate Doom lets me get to the skill level screen, but then the game freezes. Postal Redux came out it 2016 and Perfect Vermin came out this month actually.

*cough* Someone mentioned that because the launcher will not allow me to proceed further, even though it does not outright tell me the problem, that is the problem. When those older games were released (and I bet they ARE ALL older games aren't they?) those packages were likely already on the then-current versions of Windows.īut time moves on and they're not there now, so you need to install them, that's all. This can be beneficial to other community members reading this thread.Originally posted by crunchyfrog:Yup, it's absolutely fine and normal.Īs to why does it need to download them, it's to do with age. Please remember to click 'Mark as Answer' the responses that resolved your issue, and to click 'Unmark as Answer' if not. If the updates are installed, the command will return the installed date in the 'InstalledOn' section of the output. Note To determine if these prerequisite updates are installed, run the following PowerShell command: Please check the related articles about the package in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) to make sure that you have the prerequisite updates installed. For example, if you encounter the error message on Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2, you mayĪpril 2014 update 2919355 as a prerequisite and one or more pre-requisite servicing updates (KB

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