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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Stephen Howe wrote:
>> "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1115128426.128359.266040@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>> How do I INSTALL Quake in Windows XP? It won't run the batch file or
>>> deice.exe.
>>
>> Why do you want to install Quake? It is DOS-based.
>>
>>> Nobody dare mention Winquake or Glquake again -- How do I INSTALL?
>>
>> And why not? I am using WinQuake 1.09 on XP Professional, Service
>> Pack 2. I am playing both Quake and the 2 expansion packs : Scourge
>> of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity at 1280x1024 resolution, no
>> problem.
>> Sound, Keyboard, Mice, CD Music by NIN works likes a dream.
>>
>> Your best bet: Get WinQuake going.
>> If you are having problems, mention them here.
>> You stand more chance of running this under Windows XP
>> satisfactorily than ever getting the original Quake-for-DOS working
>> 100% under XP.
>>
>
> INSTALL INSTALL INSTALL. Either way I need to install. It doesn't
> matter what I do -- someone always mentions WinQuake(nothing to do
> with installation).
>
> ~Iain

see if you can run the deice unpacker from the command prompt (dosbox). 
If you can, then you can set it up manually.   I had saved an ancient 
W98SE installation of it to CD and just copy my game folders over with 
all files, then sort out what's there and install WinQuake fresh (it 
puts entries in the registry, Quake is DOS and doesn't).  then, it runs. 
:)
McG.