WandererFM

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Hello, long-term player of Football Manager 2007 here.

I posted this in the Football Manager 2007 forum a few days ago, but I appreciate that very few people actually post in there now, so I'm posting this here in the hope that more people will see this and offer some advice.

I'm hoping that someone can help me with a few problems I've encountered. I love the game to bits and have only had a couple of save games in all my years of playing FM2007 (I'm currently in the year 2025 on my current save game) because I enjoy the challenge of managing a team in a world made up exclusively of regens, whilst keeping all my previous managerial achievements on my profile.

Anyway, after years of trouble-free playing I've ended up with the following:

When I put in the disc and load up the game I now get this message :

"Failed to find a default database to use. Please make sure your installation is not corrupt"
I click okay but it takes me to a blank screen where the FM menu should be, so I have to use task manager to get rid of it and return to my desktop.

Then, when trying to uninstall the game through my control panel (with the aim of re-installing it and clearing the errors), I receive these messages after the uninstall wizard starts to load:

"No Java Runtime Environment (JRE) was found on this system"
"A suitable JVM could not be found. Please select a JVM by selecting its java.exe file"

Now, believe me, I've searched my computer for a JVM file or java.exe files that may help but to no avail. So I'm left with a broken FM2007 on my computer that cannot be removed.

Sorry this has been long-winded, but can anyone recommend what to do, what to download in order to fix the problems, or any advice? At the very least, would anyone be able to help me uninstall the game?

Many thanks in advance.
 
You could create a restore point now. restore your pc or Laptop to a time when this error wasn't happening, see if it works then?
If it doesn't your no better off and can restore back to what you've got now.
 
Either Java has been removed from your system, or java may have updated to a version that is no longer compatible with an old game like fm07.
 
What Jake said, go download the latest version of Java to make sure first.
If it still happens uninstall Java and find a later version of it to use then try again.
 
I know at one stage FM packaged the java/JRE inside it's own installation (this stops updates to java breaking FM) so installing java yourself may not make a difference.

Best advice would probably be backup your saved games and reinstall FM
 
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