SOLVED
Copied the files from an already installed Freelancer (on the aforementioned XP laptop) and simply started Freelancer.exe

I love those old games without crazy security and DRM

Freeport 7 here I come!

Right-click and run as admin did nothing, sorry.

Edit: works on my XP laptop, but not my win7 tower.
Could it be the antivirus?
Driver incompatibility?

In fact, on my tower, even pressing buttons like the minimize or make into window (that are omnipresent in windows) stop the setup for 10 minutes.

Hi,
I’m trying to install this great game but when the setup.exe starts and it asks me to install or express install, it freezes after I push one of the buttons. After 10 minutes of nothing, the installer unfreezes but seems not to have done anything and is still in the same window (which install and express install)

I have windows 7, and AVG antivirus. I tried installing Freelancer from a geniune CD as well as from an virtual cd, with the same results.

I am the only user on this computer and should have admin rights.

Thank you