AoE II & Pandora Error Message: <Program> Has Executed an Invalid Instruction in <Program>.icd (250684)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 2.0
  • Microsoft Age of Empires II Expansion: The Conquerors
  • Microsoft Age of Empires II Gold Edition
  • Microsoft Pandora's Box 1.0

This article was previously published under Q250684

SYMPTOMS

When you try to start one of the programs listed in the "Applies to" section of this article, you may receive one of the following error messages:
Empires2 has executed an invalid instruction in Empires2.icd.
Empires2 has executed an invalid instruction in Empires2.exe.
Pandora has executed an invalid instruction in Pandora.icd.
Pandora has executed an invalid instruction in Pandora.exe.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if one of the following Cyrix microprocessors is installed in your computer:
  • Cyrix 486DX
  • Cyrix 6x86
  • Cyrix MediaGX

MORE INFORMATION

The Cyrix processors mentioned in this article are not compatible with the programs listed at the beginning of this article.

The third-party products that are discussed in this article are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding the performance or reliability of these products.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/17/2005
Keywords:kbConfig kb3rdparty kberrmsg kbprb KB250684