The game does not start

Hello,

I purchased "Medieval II: Total War" yesterday from Steam and I do not succeed to launch the game: each time I get the following message and Windows asks me to close the program:


Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: medieval2.exe
Application Version: 1.3.0.0
Application Timestamp: 467f61a1
Fault Module Name: Steam.dll_unloaded
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4c8012ef
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 301ea2b2
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1037
Additional Information 1: 0f31
Additional Information 2: 0f3137665bbf0bb676c8a16f3fa76e52
Additional Information 3: a72e
Additional Information 4: a72e1d009ee801972f9f15da3f223d7f

I have Windows 7 32 bits installed.
AMD 3500, 2GB memory, GeForce 7600GT

By the way, the demo runs without problem

Please, can you tell me how to fix the problem. Thanks

[BigBadWolf]

did u verify the files to ensure everything was downloaded? could also be a minor problem with steam did u try running it in xp compability? i would try those 2 things first

I have been getting similar problems since before upgrading to Windows 7.
Kingdoms would work flawlessly, but the normal version will not.
If I have to play the Teutonic or Britannia campaigns one more time I will shiv someone.

My error is the exact same as ummaya.



-Edit-
I believe it's because I have Windows 7. When I try playing the game on the CD it ♥♥♥♥♥es about the same thing. I looked more into it and found out that it's probably because the game is not meant to run on 7.
=/ I hope steam comes out with a fix.