How to fix the color issue in Age of Empires 2 (Vista/7)
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2026 7:47 pm
if you ever had problems like this while playing AOE 2 in your modern 'puter, this is how you can fix it
https://files.catbox.moe/ubc78v.png
Open notepad and paste the following thing without the quotation marks.
"Taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
empires2.exe
Start explorer.exe"
Save it as a batch file and call it whatever you want. I have it saved as "empires2 (Color Fix).bat"
When you open the game the bug will be fixed by now and it will look the way it should
https://files.catbox.moe/ubc78v.png
Open notepad and paste the following thing without the quotation marks.
"Taskkill /F /IM Explorer.exe
empires2.exe
Start explorer.exe"
Save it as a batch file and call it whatever you want. I have it saved as "empires2 (Color Fix).bat"
When you open the game the bug will be fixed by now and it will look the way it should