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==="The DVD-ROM cannot be located." error when launching the game===
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===The DVD-ROM cannot be located===
{{ii}}If the letter of your drive is set to either letter A: or B: (commonly assigned to FDD drives in the past), while the game will install just fine, SafeDisk [[Digital rights management (DRM)|DRM]] will not recognize the disk being inserted. The workaround is to change the letter of the drive before starting the game.
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{{ii}} This may happen if the driver's letter is set to either A or B, the SafeDisk [[Digital rights management (DRM)|DRM]] will not recognize the disk being inserted although it'll instally just fine.  
 
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{{Fixbox/fix|Change your DVD drive letter to something other than A or B}}
 
{{Fixbox/fix|Change your DVD drive letter to something other than A or B}}
# Open the Start screen/Start menu, type {{file|diskmgmt.msc}}, press {{key|Enter}}.
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# Push {{key|Win|R}} and type <code>diskmgmt.msc</code>
# Find your DVD-ROM on the list at the bottom of the window and right click it.
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# Wait for the list to load, find the respective DVD-ROM at the end of the list.  
# Choose ''Change Drive Letter and Paths...'' option.
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# '''Right Click''' on it and pick '''Change Drive Letter and Paths...'''.
# Click ''Change...''' button.
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# Click '''Change...''', then assing a new letter other than A or B and accept the warning.
# From the drop-down box choose any letter other than A or B.
 
# Click ''OK''.
 
# Accept the warning with ''Yes''.
 
# Launch the game.
 
 
}}
 
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Viva Piñata
Viva Piñata cover
Developers
Climax Group
Publishers
Microsoft Game Studios
Release dates
Windows November 6, 2007
Viva Piñata on Wikipedia

Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Key points

A fairly barebones PC port.

General information

Official website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE.
This game is no longer available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game cloud syncing

No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Resolutions going over 1920x1080 will make the game crash.
Instructions

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

The DVD-ROM cannot be located

This may happen if the driver's letter is set to either A or B, the SafeDisk DRM will not recognize the disk being inserted although it'll instally just fine.
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP SP2, Vista
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA 5900 or ATI 9600

References