Trying to install GP4 on Windows 10

Good day and greetings.

I have the original disk of GP4 and have played it a lot a long time ago on an XP machine.

I now have a windows 10 laptop and I'm struggling to get the program to start.

After reading many similar posts on this and other forums I have followed this installation method:

Install GP4 in it's own folder on C:
Download and unzip patch 9.6
Copy patch-gp4.exe over gp4.exe
install GPxPatch 4.52
set both for run as admin and xp-sp2
start GPxPatch

And this is where I hit a brick wall.

I receive an error message resulting in this log:

Starting log
GPxPatch version: 4.52
GPx version detected: encrypted GP4 v1.02
Date/time: 18-03-2019 17:13
Verbosity level is 0
OS version info: Windows XP Service Pack 3 build 2600
Total physical memory: 6038 MB (free: 2918 MB)
Executing gp4.exe
*** error terminating process: (5) Access is denied.

I've tried a million other combinations to try and get anything at all to happen but to no avail.

Could it have something to do with the fact that I'm using the disk version instead of a decrypted download? If so where is a safe place to download the decrypted version?

Because of the "access is denied" comment on the log I was wondering if it could be something to do with my security settings or virus checker.
I use McAfee but there doesn't seem to be any program specific options on their menus and it all seems to be aimed at internet use.

Any help would be appreciated - my daughter is off to the Hungary Grand Prix this year and I thought it might be fun to let her drive around it first.

It might help to whitelist gp4.exe in McAfee, or try disabling the anti-virus program before running GP4. Set verbosity to high in gpx, the resulting log will show more detail. Test with different cpu settings in gpx. Upload the log to pastebin and link to a new topic with Crash Log in the header. Also there's install info in the FAQ.

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It might be related with how GPxPatch tries to patch the encrypted exe. You can find the decrypted exe for 1.02 here. Using it is more convenient and allows you to use editors that patch the exe.

René Smit, Independent Software Developer.
Download my GPx tools here.

Did you actually install the patch 9.6 or just unzip it?

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Just use my pre-patched, updated version of GP4 available here: [www.gp4central.com]

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GP4.exe Windows XP SP2 compatibility?

Similar problem here. I was trying to install GP4 on my relatively new laptop, which has no CD-rom port, so I had to download the original (unpatched) game from the internet (GP4 Central).
I managed to install the game successfully, but when I hit play, nothing happens. What can be the problem?

TheFueleffect Wrote:
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> Similar problem here. I was trying to install GP4
> on my relatively new laptop, which has no CD-rom
> port, so I had to download the original
> (unpatched) game from the internet (GP4 Central).
> I managed to install the game successfully, but
> when I hit play, nothing happens. What can be the
> problem?

Without cd-rom port:

You have to mount something so that the game thinks it has a disk.
In gp4central download iso file and click
so that you have a "fake" cdrom drive picture.
Then start to play from hard drive.
I think you should have the decrypted version from same site as well.

it says that I don't have the disk.

I can only get GP4 to work with Windows 10 if the folder is on the desktop.

The game is crashing again in windows 10, in all versions of the game. Help. Done what indicated in other threads.