Microsoft KB Archive/919054

= Error message when you click &quot;Play&quot; in Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots: &quot;Error reading xml file&quot; =

Article ID: 919054

Article Last Modified on 11/14/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

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SYMPTOMS
When you click Play in Microsoft Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots, you may receive the following error message:

Error reading xml file

The title bar of the error message has one of the following files listed:
 * ./data/soundfiles.xml
 * ./data/soundglobals.xml
 * ./data/sound.xml
 * ./data/soundtypes.xml

You can play the game. However, you cannot hear any sounds.



CAUSE
This issue may occur if there is interference from another program.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use a clean boot procedure to start the computer before you play a game. When you perform a clean boot procedure, you prevent the programs that may be interfering from starting automatically.

For more information about how to perform a clean boot procedure, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

331796 Games: How to perform a clean boot to prevent background programs from interfering with play

Additional query words: rise nations xml soundfiles soundglobals sound soundtypes



Keywords: kbtshoot kberrmsg kbexpertisebeginner kbprb KB919054

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