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Double-click HoMMV.reg to add it to the registry.Notepad should open, showing some information.

Ensure the “Export range” is “Selected branch” and not “All”.

Save the key in a safe place where you know where it is, with the filename “ HoMMV.reg“.

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Right click on the Uplay Install 87 key (the folder-looking thing in the left hand window) and select “Export”. This should have in it a string (in the right window) labelled “DisplayName” with the value “Heroes of Might and Magic V” and a string labelled “InstallLocation” with the install path of the base game. Navigate to the path Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Uplay Install 87.If you’re unsure about any of these steps, just don’t do them.) (Note, you can mess up your system if you play about in the registry without knowing what you’re doing. Press Win+R and type “RegEdit” and press Enter to start the Registry Editor.Copy the moved registry key and put it in the expected place Copy the downloaded setup.inx file into this directory (overwriting the existing file).I have a sample size of 1 so I don’t know if the number ‘146’ is always the same. This is likely to be “C:\Program Files (x86)\Ubisoft Game Launcher\cache\installers\146” but it will be wherever you’ve told Ubisoft Connect to install itself. Navigate to the expansion pack installer directory.

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Download the modified script file setup.inx from here.

Upon running the installer, this should fail with an “Original game not found.” error message in a window.

In Ubisoft Connect, attempt to install the expansion pack Hammers of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate.

In Ubisoft Connect, install the base game Hammers of Might & Magic V.

I expect this to work explicitly for the issue with Ubisoft Connect whereby this one game won’t install with the specific error “Original game not found.” Any other error, any other service, or any other game I do not expect this to work.įixes 1.

Don’t come whinging to me if you wreck your registry and end up in a boot loop. Messing with the registry and downloading dodgy files can be risky and I won’t be responsible if you wreck your own computer following these steps.

I take no responsibility for what you do with this information and/or any damage it does to your computer.

I’d be interested to hear if there are any other configurations though.

In fact, I don’t actually know anything about this beyond the problem on my own computer.

There may be other configurations of the game(s) and/or installer that mean that either the reg keys or hex edits won’t work.

Specifically, I don’t know if the installer cache is always 146, I don’t know if the base game reg key is always Uplay Install 87, I don’t know if Ubisoft have updated either of the base game or the expansion, and I don’t know if the F127526C… key is ever going to change.

I have a testing sample size of 1, so it may or may not work for you.

I have shown this to work on my computer.

If you’d like to see how I came to this fix or perhaps would like to replicate it yourself, please read my earlier blog post where I explain in detail how I fixed this. I needed something that applied to the narrative so work with me here, ok? That said, if you’re here you probably have already bought the game and are looking to get what you have already bought working.

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Were I you, I’d just buy it on GOG, free of DRM and these problems. There have been complaints about this problem on forums going back years, with many open support tickets. It was sloppy work on their part and IMO unforgivable to take your money and offer you an unplayable game. The problem is caused because Ubisoft altered the registry keys of the base game without correcting references to those keys in the expansion pack installer. “Original game not found” error message window.