Two days ago I bought Alpha Protocol. After first installation I couldn't activate again thanks to -703 error. I decided to reinstall Windows. After three reinstallations I installed AP again. Now I can't even activate the game because after clicking twice on APGame.exe I got "The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0150002)" error. I tried to reinstall Physx, Microsoft Visual C++, I installed .net Framework 2.0 and still I can't play ;/

 

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Dodatek Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.100216-1441)

BIOS: BIOS Date: 07/11/08 13:14:47 Ver: 08.00.12

Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs)

Memory: 3008MB RAM

Page File: 293MB used, 4599MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

 

DirectX Files Tab: The file d3d9d.dll is a debug version, which will run slower than the retail version.

 

Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)

DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)

DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)

DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)

DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)

DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)

DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

 

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Display Memory: 512.0 MB

Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll

Driver Version: 6.14.0011.9745 (English)

DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Make sure that alpha protocol isnt running already. I had an error like that, might not have been the same error, but I noticed that the game was running in the background but had not started, so I closed it down and started the game again and then it worked.

I also have the exact same problem. I have tried reinstalling .NET, Visual C++, i have upgraded all drivers and done all Windows Updates. No effect. Interestingly, i also have a Polish version of Windows XP and the only other people with the same problem i have found through Google were Poles. Perhaps there is some conflict with the localized version ?

Problem solved. I installed this version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable and now I don't have any problem with the game.

 

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

I already had VC++ 2008 installed and i have tried reinstalling it. Still, the error comes up.