Sakura no Uta install giving me trouble

[Lazer]

Hey guys, I've been trying to install Sakura no Uta, but when I click the setup application, this error pops up, basically telling me I can't use this application. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix this? I mounted the MDS file before hand using WinCDEmu and I'm on Windows 11 with a Japanese locale. Thanks in advance!

[Bredan]

I've not tried to install this VN, so I can't be specific. Hope someone else answers you in a specific manner.

This is a generic error message from Win11 that you could get with about any software (especially old and/or unsigned IIRC). I suggest this in order :

 1. First, as the message suggest, check out with the publisher of the VN if there is a  patch/update for Win10/11. Sometimes, it's not an update but instructions on how to make it work.

 2. If it didn't work, I suggest you just search for the generic workarounds (in your preferred language, since it's a generic message, no need to search in Jap) : a lot of people have this error with some apps and there are chances this will hep you. (things like this https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-fix-a-this-app-cant-run-on-your-pc-error-on-windows-11/ , haven't check the content but you got it).

 3. Try again to find some specific workaround for this VN. Can be very tricky.

 4. If nothing else, contemplate the idea of running the VN in a VM (with a compatible OS), for example with VirtualBox. If you plan to often read older VN, such a VM might prove useful for other titles in the future too.

EDIT : I've thought of something else that might deserve a try. You speak of the install program having this problem. It is a possibility that only the installation can't be done. Many VN are very simple applications and, contrary to a lot of more complex ones, don't really need a installation. So I suggest :
 1.  check the installation media and see if you can't just copy files to the HDD and execute the game like that.
 2. If (1) didn't work, try an installation on another computre (with another OS), and then copy the directory you installed the VN in to the Win11 PC. Might work.

Edited 8 hours ago by Bredan

[Bredan]

Oh, and by the way, just a little advice : on Win10/11, there is most of the time no need to have Windows set to Jap language. Most of the time, there is even no need to set locals to Jap, as this setting in modern Windows OS is used mostly for unicode compatible apps (and therefor app that do not need any special setting most of the time).

What you want set with a lot of older Jap app (including VNs) is : "Language for non-Unicode programs" set to Jap, as the VNs not supporting unicode comprise most of the problematic VNs.