Win 11 Enterprise - FLServer hangs on startup

[Xogroroth]

Greetings everyone:

I tried to set up a game server, and play with a few friends.
Alas, once I hit the FLServer.Exe, it starts, I fill in server name etc, then hit start … and the programs just hangs from there in eternal “Loading”.
Hitting Exit shows “Shutting Down”, but does so … eternally long (Never, in other words, I need to close the game in Task Manager through End Process Tree in Details, simply End Program does not work.).

Has anyone a solution, please?

Thank you:
Xog.

[robocop]

Try installing the game to C:\Microsoft\Freelancer instead of to the Program Files directory.
When you install it, right click on the exe and choose run as administrator.
Let’s start there.

[Xogroroth]

@robocop
Funny.
The game is on J:\Freelancer.

So, no, that did not help.
At all.

[Raikkonen]

Ensure you have DirectPlay installed under Legacy Components in Add/Remove Windows Features

[Crazy]

You’ll also need to install FL Patch 1.1.