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Prince of Persia

Elisha Riedlinger edited this page Oct 2, 2019 · 6 revisions

Prince of Persia

Status

Supported on Windows 10

I am using the version of Prince of Persia from GOG.

Patch updated: October 1st, 2019

Problem

The problem I had with Prince of Persia was that it would freeze (hang) each time I tried to start a new game on Windows 10.

Prince of Persia Hang

Solution

After a bit of troubleshooting I found out that Prince of Persia required the optimize CPU from DxWnd for it to work on Windows 10.

Installation

In order to install the Windows 10 patch for Prince of Persia you can follow these steps:

  1. Download the fix below.
  2. Unzip the files to your Prince of Persia installation folder (where the Prince of Persia.exe file exists).
  3. Start the game and enjoy!

If you run into issues check the compatibility settings. Below are the compatibility settings I am using:

Compatibility Settings

Download

Here is the Download for the patch to fix Prince of Persia on Windows 10.

This download contains 7 files:

  • d3d9.dll
  • dxwnd.dll
  • dxwnd.exe
  • dxwnd.ini
  • dxwrapper.dll
  • dxwrapper.ini