When I click start to open the game, nothing pops up

At the "moment" they have many server problems which causes many different errors...hard to say atm which side cause a specific error...

Maybe your firewall/anti-virus soft blocks something belonging to CF...like the crossfire.exe, HGWC.exe. etc. or the patcher_cf.exe.

Try to run the patcher_cf.exe from the game folder with a double-click, you should see that it pops up - at least only for a sec.,if it´s up to date....if not - i guess its blocked.

Another try is to set it to xp serv pack 3 compatibility mode...

...or maybe this * had helped in some cases * > :
http://forum.z8games.com/showthread.php?t=252715

Greetz

deathguns wrote: »

I already saw the thread you posted before, and it made my computer crash.

I've tried everything you've told me, but nothing works. It also stops the process right after I click start. According to the windows task manager at least. my friend can also access crossfire fine, but I can't.

Sorry to hear - Idk...sounds strange if not your firewall/anti-virus soft blocks it - maybe you have installed some other security or realtime protection on your PC...something like spybot or whatever - ? - blocking processes...try to check...and try to run CF as admininstrator...

If changing the DEP settings crash your PC it looks like a 3rd party software make some trouble...this shouldn´t happen! - or at least you have a hardware problem...cause DEP belongs to the memory management - only for example if you have a bab RAM could cause a crash...
I can´t look into your PC...take a look at your system drivers and graphic card+driver...update if possible.

Maybe download CCleaner (portable version without the need to install also available - just google for it) and go through the normal and registry cleaning process (- make a system save point before!!! - so you can revert!).
I guess its an older PC ? - or ?...so google for it how to optimize your OS...cleaning/stopping useless system services/defragmentation/etc. much more...not enough time to type more...

normally i don´t advice a fresh download and fresh install with every little problem...but in your case maybe your CF installation is corrupt...maybe you should try that in 1st place and make a cleaning before you reinstall... Good luck!