Game Maker Community HUB/Game Maker 7 on Windows Vista

This is a list of Errors with Game Maker 7 and Windows Vista.

Note: To deal with Activation problems, see this article.

Failed to set data for '' error and registration problems
Make sure you to this before registering/purchasing but ultimately you will need do this if you registered without applying this fix first and GM goes from pro to lite. Do not apply if you are registered and the registration sticks and you have the data error still, you may break things then.

Follow the steps below: Do the same for all other exes that may be there, At this point there is only the uninstall.
 * Right click the gmaker7 setup and click run as administrator when installing.
 * Righ click the GM Icon on desktop, click properties. Click Shortcut, Click Open File Location. It's a quick way to get to the installation folder...
 * Right click Game_Maker application, click properties, Click compatibility, Check the Run this program as an administrator box...

Games Freezing on Windows Vista
This is if the games freeze when you press play. Update DirectX 9 on your computer.
 * Download Here
 * Note: though Windows Vista has the latest version of DirectX (DirectX 10), DirectX 9 must be updated and installed on Windows Vista. It will not downgrade your version of DirectX, but instead update an additional legacy version of DirectX existing for compatibility purposes (See DirectX 9.0L).

Reboot your machine afterwards.

More Information

 * See the GMC topic for more information.
 * For problems with Game Maker 6.x games and Windows Vista, see Game Maker Community HUB/Game Maker 6 on Windows Vista.