max773, I get that error too. Instead of running it from the start menu, go to
the start menu, find the link to the postal.bat in the start menu, then right click
on it, and choose open file location, then run the postal.bat from there.
That is what I did and it solved that message for me on Vista 64 bit.
PROMOTE THIS: JALIDA GETS 72 HOUR SUSPENSION FROM EA FORUMS BECAUSE I WROTE A (CLEAN) JOKE
IN A THREAD THAT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS JOKING IN BECAUSE THE EA CENSORSHIP TOOK CONTROL AND
CUT OUT ONE OF THE OPS WORDS.
SO THEY SAY I ATTEMPTED TO MAKE PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT I AM AN EA EMPLOYEE IN SOME REGARD WITH MY
JOKE AND SUSPENDED MY ACCOUNT.
SO WORD TO THE WISE, DON'T JOKE, DON'T EVEN GO OFF TOPIC, DON'T ATTEMPT TO BYPASS ANY
CENSORED WORDS EVEN IF IT ISN'T THE DARK AGES ANYMORE, DON'T BREATHE TOO HARD, DON'T BLINK
YOUR EYES, IN FACT, DON'T EVEN POST AT ALL.
IF I HAD ACTUALLY TRIED TO HIDE WHO I WAS IT MIGHT MAKE SOME SENCE, BUT SINCE IT WAS POSTED
ON MY JALIDA ACCOUNT, IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT TELLING SOMEONE THAT THE MAC AND CHEESE THEY SENT
WAS YUMMY BUT HURT MY TUMMY WAS A JOKE AND NOT AN ATTEMPT TO PORTRAY MYSELF AS AN EA
REPRESENTATIVE IN ANY WAY.
THREAD IN QUESTION IS (MAYBE WAS, I COULDN'T ACCESS IT) AT
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/60856.page#538762
JULY 9, 2009
SEE YA THIS WEEKEND.