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Hynamiii
5 years ago
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"This game will not run in a virtual environment"

Hi there, Trying to run Plants vs Zombies 1 on my Surface Pro 7. As I start up the game it instantly stops an tells me that I can't run PvZ 1 in a Virtual Environment even tho I'm cleary not in a...
  • EA_Illium's avatar
    EA_Illium
    5 years ago
    @Hynamiii Can you try running PvZ in compatibility mode to see if you continue getting this message?
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5 years ago
@Hynamiii Can you try running PvZ in compatibility mode to see if you continue getting this message?
  • MogZero's avatar
    MogZero
    4 years ago

    I'm having exactly the same problem on my Surface Go 2.

    I'm running from the EA app in Windows 11 but I had the same error in Windows 10 before I upgraded to Windows 11.

    I've tried every combination of compatibility mode settings as I can but none of them help.

  • JJJJKJJJJJJJJJJ's avatar
    JJJJKJJJJJJJJJJ
    2 years ago
    @EA_Illium Hello! Surface Pro 6, having the same issue. Just adding to the list in hopes EA answers soon about this issue we are all having.
    • andrewsdb583's avatar
      andrewsdb583
      2 years ago

      @EA_Illium Hi. Surface Pro 7, same problem with loading Plants vs. Zombies. Standard Edition accessed through Epic. I had linked my EA account with Epic. I use the EA launcher though and get the above error message. Anyway to fix this? How to remove the link to Epic if it is a solution? 

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    andrewsdb583
    2 years ago
    @EA_Illium I tried this, running in compaibility mode in Windows 7, 8, XP, to no avail.
  • Lost_8oi's avatar
    Lost_8oi
    Newcomer
    3 months ago

    Just came to say that I also tried all the different options for compatibility mode, surface 7 pro, still getting the "won't run in a virtual environment" issue.

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