NCsoft launcher on windows 2000

Don't laugh. I regularly team with a couple of people who have win2k on a 2nd machine and cannot upgrade anytime soon.

I tested this on an old machine I have.

You do need to find a computer with .NET 3.5 already installed. Or as an alternate, try extracting the dlls from the .NET full install.

This info is from here:

http://rainstorms.me.uk/blog/2008/03...-windows-2000/

In nutshell:

1. Make sure you have Windows 2000 SP4 installed
2. You may need to install KB 835732 before step 3
3. Install .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (.NET 2.0 sp2 seemed to work)

Copy the .NET 3.5 dlls from a computer with .NET 3.5 already installed. Default location on Vista - c:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5
Copy over all the .NET 3.5 dlls to the CoH folder.

Of course, make backups of everything before you try. And this might not work for future changes to the launcher, but it will extend time for those who cannot upgrade a bit more time to play.