CoH patch issue

[Howitzer]

Hey peeps,

I've tried googling and searching this forum but, though I can find some people complaining (on google), found no answers...

I have a new retail copy of Company of Heroes. Awesome game, really love it!
BUT I couldn't play online ('sign up' was greyed out). I managed to find out I needed to patch it so, after much annoying learning how to use torrents, I managed to get the necessary patches.

However, when I try to install said patches I get the following message:

"Could not determine the Company of Heroes installation directory from the Windows Registry. Please make sure that Company of Heroes is installed correctly"

It is installed correctly (I re-installed a couple of times). I've read somewhere that it's because I use a 64-bit operating system (Win 7 64-bit).

Can anyone help?
I know the basics of registry and how to get there, but never come across this sort of problem before...

 

[Howitzer]

Yup just the plain ol' vanilla CoH original

Got the two necessary ones - 1.00 to 1.40 and 1.40 to 2.101 (took ages to get the second, it's huge!).

Thanks for the links!
The second one was so promising until I got the the folder where the CoH should have been to edit the filepath so it would work... but nothing >_> No file. Twas tumbleweed city in there lol.

I'll have to keep looking around, I'm sure there must be an answer.

Cheers G-Man

 

[Howitzer]

Oh, righto. Looks like I'll have to look into getting that then. I was planning just to buy and play them in order - but if I need them for it to work then that's the way to go then.

How dissapointing of them -_-

Thanks peeps

 

[Howitzer]

Righto, ToV it is then
Looking forward to it, hope it works!

I'm loving the game as it is anyway. The campaigns are great!

The gameplay reminds me very much of the old game 'Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far' - except modernised and with added base building. (I spent hours and hours on that game lol)