"Please insert your Zoo Tycoon CD-ROM" error message when you start Zoo Tycoon (833823)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Zoo Tycoon
  • Microsoft Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection
  • Microsoft Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs Expansion Pack
  • Microsoft Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania Expansion Pack

SYMPTOMS

After you install Microsoft Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs, Micrososft Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania, or Microsoft Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection and then insert the Microsoft Zoo Tycoon disc to start the program, you receive the following error message:
Please insert your Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs CD or Please insert your Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania CD or Please insert your Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection CD-ROM

CAUSE

After the expansions packs are installed, you must use the expansion pack disc to start the program.

RESOLUTION

Insert the Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs disc, the Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania disc 2 disc, or the Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection disc to start the Zoo Tycoon game. Although you insert a different disc to start the game, the content from the original Zoo Tycoon program is still available.

For more information about how to play by using the original Zoo Tycoon content after you install the expansion packs, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

841020 How to play the original Zoo Tycoon after you install the expansion packs

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:5/2/2006
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