Ryzen 5 3rd Gen, 12Gb RAM, Radeon Vega 8 graphics, Windows 10 updated to current as of May 2021. I've tried all the tricks, swaps, repos, installing DirectX Runtime, changing filenames, compatibility mode for everything. Are there W10 services that preclude MP2 from running?

I got MP1 to run just fine by getting rid of spaces and running in compatibility mode, thinking about XP Mode or other emulator running 98 SP2 or XP SP3 which the second of those is what I had on my PC when I bought the game off the shelf [and Blockbuster Video still existed and carried DVDs and VHS in my area]. These days, going to actually buy something off the shelf is beginning to seem like a novelty unless it's a convenience store or supermarket. I digress. I'm just all sentimental over the game, and I wanna play it before I get into MP3 but it's seeming to be impossible and I don't have an earlier system I can go to without using a hypervisor or VM. Anyone else totally fried on trying to get this to work??

I was running Win10 and changed the compatibility settings to Win8 and it worked. THANK YOU!

try installing .Net3.5, DirectX Runtime, and DX_SDK June 2010.

no......only a message "Exception in startupInit:Directory \data not found"

worked here also!
really appreciate your help.
thanks bunches!
win 10 64, amd radeon 6450, i7-2600 @ 3.4 Ghz, 8 gigs DDR3 1333

I can't believe it. I have tried other guides, off and on, for the last 3 months with no success. This works! I can re-live one of my favorite games....finally. And @ 1920 x 1080 !!!

Win 7 Home Pro
i5 3570k
xfx 7950 Thank You