How to Install and Play Secrets Can Kill (1998) on Windows 10 WITHOUT DISCS!!

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  • @kangariley
    @kangariley 3 роки тому +3

    this is so helpful! i spent ages traipsing around the sketchy side of the internet looking for this iso and it was on the archive all along 😵 thank you so much for the clear tutorial and the link!

  • @HAFanForever
    @HAFanForever 2 роки тому +1

    Like I have already told you, from following your tutorial video here, I had no problem installing Secrets Can Kill from that link, and I got it to run beautifully so that I could finally make a full walkthrough of the game that began this entire series! 😁Thanks for the video to make installing and playing the original Secrets Can Kill a reality! 🙏🏻👍🏻

  • @HelenMaxwellfan
    @HelenMaxwellfan 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you. I need this for my older Nancy Drew games like Treasure in the Royal Tower.

    • @halfdraco7765
      @halfdraco7765 3 роки тому

      Not willing to pay $10 for them? Or is it that you already have the disc version and want it digital?

  • @turkiedurkie4895
    @turkiedurkie4895 3 роки тому +2

    Then there’s me raiding the storage room to find this game ( I found it ofc) lol so helpful for those who haven’t played it before

  • @marianapgar4409
    @marianapgar4409 3 роки тому +1

    Great to pass this information on to others! Thanks.

  • @retro-pac1989
    @retro-pac1989 2 роки тому +1

    Hello ! This was very helpful , i followed every step and it finally worked. Thank you ! 😃

  • @jackgarrison8497
    @jackgarrison8497 3 роки тому +2

    Old Computer Games can be A Major Pain to figure out what to get Them to Install and to get Them to Play The Games correctly

  • @Blackrose-hc9pp
    @Blackrose-hc9pp 3 роки тому +1

    This is so cool thanks for sharing! I need to get this done so I will not have to deal with 2 disk.

  • @aleekat141
    @aleekat141 3 роки тому +2

    my laptop does not have a physical cd rom. will this still work?

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому

      Hey Alee! Yes, it should still work! Follow the steps in the video that talk about installing the game with digital discs. That should help!

  • @jenniferrankin5641
    @jenniferrankin5641 Рік тому +1

    I have tried to finish this process however once I have the game downloaded and I am trying to change the game file it will not allow me and continues to say I need permission from the administrator.... which I am... I'm confused if I may have downloaded it incorrectly or what?

  • @rosatapia7647
    @rosatapia7647 Рік тому +1

    So this helped me a BUNCH, but currently I'm having issues with the sound being incredibly wonky; it kind of sounds like a bad radio connection? I don't suppose you'd have any suggestions? 😅
    (I'm able to save the game which is great and I don't have any issues with disc switching or anything, so JUST the terrible and frightening sounds😂)

    • @rosatapia7647
      @rosatapia7647 Рік тому

      Should I try deleting the file and starting over fresh? Did I maybe do something wrong along the way? Has anyone else had this issue with the sound, or am I alone in my struggle?😂

  • @halfdraco7765
    @halfdraco7765 3 роки тому +1

    I want to make the SCK Files and Secrets Can Kill folders hidden. Will applying changes to the folder, subfolders, and files affect the game itself in any way?

    • @halfdraco7765
      @halfdraco7765 3 роки тому +1

      Update: I decided to only apply the changes to the folder itself, and it seems to work fine.

  • @halfdraco7765
    @halfdraco7765 3 роки тому +1

    I tried to repeat the process for Stay Tuned for Danger, but I don't know how to create a new thing on PowerISO. Do I just create a 3rd Drive? What do I do?

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому +1

      Yes, you should just create a 3rd drive in this instance.
      However, Stay Tuned for Danger doesn't actually need the same convoluted steps like for SCK! You can follow the video that HeR Interactive made on how to install it and it should work just fine! :ua-cam.com/video/jB_4fdakQpk/v-deo.html if that doesn't work, I also made a video years ago on how to do it! The same steps apply in the video that I made: ua-cam.com/video/Q-7Kl61tbQ4/v-deo.html best of luck to you! If you have any more issues, please let me know!

  • @carlatteful
    @carlatteful 2 роки тому +1

    hey there, i think i left a comment on a different video but i can’t find it now? i’m wondering if you can help me. I can’t get older games to play, they are super zoomed in and crash with an error along the lines of “rectangle invalid” this error only started happening after I downloaded stay tuned for danger under her Interactive‘s website. The only solution I have is to go into the compatability section and disable high DPI settings. id ideally like to have my graphics back to normal so i don’t have to do this with all the older games. i tried uninstalling stay tuned for danger and even completely deleted my partition (i have windows 10 on boot camp on a macbook) and reinstalled but it’s not changed

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому +1

      Hey Carlatteful! Thanks for reaching out! That's a very interesting issue to be having, I can't honestly say that I've encountered that before! I also don't have any experience using Boot Camp so I have no idea how similar or different it is to the official Windows 10 releases. Could you give me a little further explanation into what the graphics look like? If you're at all interested in doing so, you can email me at nanwalkthroughs [at] gmail [dot] com! That way you could send screenshots of the errors you're experiencing and I could try to assist further. Cheers!

    • @carlatteful
      @carlatteful 2 роки тому +1

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs Thank you very much, I actually ended up having the same error on some old Nancy Drew games bought through Big Fish Games. I followed some instructions and there was some odd customized display setting turned on. No idea how it came on, but once turning it off, all my games are running smoothly now!

    • @carlatteful
      @carlatteful 2 роки тому

      Thanks again for this video and the help, I have been playing all of them in order now :)

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому +1

      @@carlatteful That's great to hear!! Glad you were able to get it to work! Happy sleuthing!

  • @Toasterberrry
    @Toasterberrry 3 роки тому

    Would be cool if you showed off the no CD patch, makes it a lot easier for repeated play. Might be a cool idea for a future video, many ND games benefit from it

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому

      Hey! I’m curious about what you mean regarding a no CD patch? This tutorial allows for gameplay without the CDs!

    • @Toasterberrry
      @Toasterberrry 3 роки тому +1

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs There's patches for all disc required ND games that allows you to play them without the disc (or loading disc images using something like poweriso or daemon tools).
      It involves moving files from the disc to the game directory and replacing the game exe with one modified to read those files. It's much easier than managing ISOs when you want to play a different disc required ND game. They're easy to find with a google search.

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому +1

      Oh I see! For games 2-15, I made a tutorial that shows that you can just copy the disc’s files directly from your computer, then install and play from there without any patches at all. Cool to know someone’s done patches for all the games!

  • @h193013
    @h193013 2 роки тому +1

    Will this work with any game? I’m having trouble getting the older games to work on my computer. I tried to install game 13 on my computer and that didn’t work.

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому

      Hey h193013! Yes, this method should work for any of the games! However, as it's rather time consuming and a little more complicated, I'm going to direct you to another tutorial I made that involves less steps than this one. You can check it out here: ua-cam.com/video/UsdvvoigAUs/v-deo.html

  • @upsetamerican8479
    @upsetamerican8479 16 годин тому

    On the PowerISO download I am assuming it is the 32 bit version that you say should be downloaded. Is that correct?

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  16 годин тому

      It’ll depend on your computer. If you’ve got a 32-bit computer, then you’ll want to install that version. Otherwise, the 64-bit version will do just fine!

  • @emilysandner658
    @emilysandner658 2 роки тому +1

    Hey! I'm loving this so far, but I've run into a snag. I make it about 84% of the way through the transition to ISO disk, and then I get an alert message that says, "the trial version can only create or edit the image file which does not exceed the size of 300MB. To remove this limitation please register." I was following verbatim before this issue. Thoughts?

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому +1

      Hey Emily! Hmm... that's really weird. If you want, you could shoot me an email at nanwalkthroughs [at] gmail [dot] com and I could send you the discs I've already converted! It will probably make things a bit easier.
      However, if you'd rather not do that, you may need to find another registration code and see if that works for PowerISO. I seem to recall having a similar issue in the past and had to re-install PowerISO and use a different registration key. Let me know!

    • @emilysandner658
      @emilysandner658 2 роки тому +1

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs thank you so much for your reply, I did end up reinstalling a different version of ISO and then found a registration code that worked. Just took a little troubleshooting. Thank you so much for finding this way to make the game playable! I'm stoked to get to play THE original 😊

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому +1

      @@emilysandner658 That's awesome to hear! Have fun playing the game!! Let me know if you need anything else!

  • @jackgarrison8497
    @jackgarrison8497 3 роки тому +2

    If You think that Secrets can Kill The Original was A Major Pain switching The Disks to Play The Game try Sierra's Phantasmagoria Games The First Phantasmagoria Game has 7 Cds and Phantasmagoria 2 A Puzzle of Flesh has 5 Cds

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому +1

      Totally! When HeR Interactive released McKenzie & Co. in 1995 and the add-on in 1996, the game totaled 8 discs! It's amazing how older games simply needed so much space!

    • @jackgarrison8497
      @jackgarrison8497 3 роки тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs That is ridiculous I also guess that People probably didn't know how to Edit The Information onto CDs back then too

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому +1

      I think they knew what they were doing! They just may not have had good enough tech for it or if they did, it may have cost too much. McKenzie & Co. released for $60 USD at the time, which is super expensive considering what the game included. If it cost them more to make, they would've had to charge more which might have meant the game may not have been as successful!

    • @jackgarrison8497
      @jackgarrison8497 3 роки тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs Maybe but it's ridiculous

  • @jennadabomb
    @jennadabomb Рік тому

    You explained this all so well but i am somehow still confused. I am trying to download it from the archives but am not sure which steps to take next. what time marker in this video do you go back to talking about downloading from online and NOT about if you have the actual discs? Thanks so much!

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  Рік тому +1

      Hey Jenna! To download from the Internet Archive, you can click on the little blue download icon beside the file name as seen on-screen at 1:57. That should initiate the download of the ISO files! Once they've downloaded, start the video at 4:20 and follow the steps from there! Let me know if you run into anymore issues!

    • @jennadabomb
      @jennadabomb Рік тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs thank you so so much! Gonna try that now

  • @yandema211
    @yandema211 3 роки тому +1

    I have a tutorial I made a month or so ago that you don't need power iso for. It's also a safe file

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому

      No way 😂 I literally didn't even see the video until you brought it up!

  • @angels9720
    @angels9720 2 роки тому

    Hi! I followed everything you showed and can play the game. But whenever I click on the school it tells me to put in disc 2, so I click ok but it won’t work. Please help!

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому

      Hey Angels! Just to be sure, you did mount disc 2 and make the disc 2 drive in the configuration settings match where you mounted the disc? Hopefully that makes sense. Basically, double check that the drive you mounted disc 2 to is the same one that is written in the SCK configuration settings. Let me know if that doesn't work!

    • @angels9720
      @angels9720 2 роки тому +1

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs ok! I’ll let you know. Thank you!

    • @angels9720
      @angels9720 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you soooooo much! It’s working perfectly!

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому

      Whoooo!! Sweet, I’m glad it worked out for you! Have fun!

  • @pixelheadphones6722
    @pixelheadphones6722 Рік тому

    I’m struggling to save the configuration settings, I’ve tried running it on administrator, my first drive works it’s the second disk that the game can’t find

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  Рік тому

      Hi! After you alter the configuration settings to match the drives you setup with PowerISO, then press save or CTRL+S, the config file should automatically save. If it's taking issue in finding the second disk, perhaps you have the incorrect Disk 2 entered into the config file? My apologies if this is unhelpful, let me know what else I can do to assist you!

    • @pixelheadphones6722
      @pixelheadphones6722 Рік тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs I ran the game as administrator and the problem fixed on its own, Thank you!

  • @arielashton2177
    @arielashton2177 2 роки тому

    I got everything up to the last part. Whenever I change the cd drives in configuration settings and go to the game to get to the library, I always get a message to insert disc 2. Not sure what I missed. Please help!!!

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому

      Hey Ariel! Did you properly setup the drives to mount the ISO files to? If so, did you mount the correct ISO to the correct drive as you wrote in the configuration settings? All those need to line up with what has been done on your computer. Don't follow the same information as shown in my video because it may differ from what's happening on your computer, if that makes sense. Let me know if you need any more help!

    • @arielashton2177
      @arielashton2177 2 роки тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs Thanks for getting back to me so fast! I did mount the isos to the correct drives and made sure everything was properly set up. But every time I put in the two configurations for the cd drives I set up, it always asks me to insert a disc. I tried not adding in the configs and it still asked for a disc. Not sure what to do next.

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому

      Hey Ariel, I'm sorry it's taken so long to get back to you! That's really interesting... The fact that the game is running with disc 1 means it knows where to find the first disc, but clearly it's having an issue finding disc 2. My only suggestion would be to triple check that the place you mounted the disc as well as the disc location in the config settings match. I'm sure you've done that, but sometimes PowerISO will change the name of the mounted drive and that could cause problems. Let me know if you make any more progress!

    • @arielashton2177
      @arielashton2177 2 роки тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs Will definitely try that tonight and let you know how it goes! Thanks a million!

  • @halfdraco7765
    @halfdraco7765 3 роки тому

    Where am I allowed to put the SCK and Secrets Can Kill folders? I put them in "Desktop" and they automatically showed up on my desktop with an icon and everything. Is there a way to hide them so I don't have to look at them all the time?

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому

      The best way would be to try and install the game to another folder clear of view, or to try and put the folders in another folder!

    • @halfdraco7765
      @halfdraco7765 3 роки тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs Where exactly is "Clear of View?" Any suggestions for specific places?

    • @halfdraco7765
      @halfdraco7765 3 роки тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs Where is Clear of View? All my attempts resulted in things going wrong.

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  3 роки тому

      @@halfdraco7765 Sorry I missed this comment! "Clear of view" would just be in another folder such as documents or somewhere internally rather than just on the desktop.

    • @halfdraco7765
      @halfdraco7765 3 роки тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs All right, I'll try putting it in Documents, I'll let you know if it works.

  • @joshmitchell9477
    @joshmitchell9477 9 місяців тому

    Can you please share you desktop wallpaper 🙏🏼❤️

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  9 місяців тому +1

      Here you go! www.ndwalkthroughs.ca/uploads/1/0/4/8/104869699/bg_green_1080.png

    • @joshmitchell9477
      @joshmitchell9477 9 місяців тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs YOU ARE THE BEST

  • @catsadaa6184
    @catsadaa6184 Рік тому

    This poweriso won't let me mount the drives for digital copies

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  Рік тому

      Hello there! I'm not quite sure what you mean by that, are you saying that PowerISO won't create ISO files of the discs? Or is PowerISO not creating drives to mount the discs on to? Or is PowerISO just simply not mounting the discs onto the drives you've created? If you could give me a bit more info, I can do my best to help you out! Thank you!!

    • @catsadaa6184
      @catsadaa6184 Рік тому

      It keeps saying about needing a virtual hard drive, but It wouldn't let me

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  Рік тому

      Hmm, and you're following the steps just like I show in the video? There's a button that says "Mount" and if you click that, then a drop-down menu will show up. One of the options is "Set number of drives". If you click that, then select 2, it should automatically setup the drives. If that doesn't work, let me know!

  • @thisisstupid162
    @thisisstupid162 2 роки тому

    I'm trying to do this but when I edit the text file it says "You do not have permission to open this file. See the owner of the file or an administrator to obtain permission."

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому

      Hi Lacey! That's interesting. Do you know if your account is the administrator account on your computer? I've never heard of this issue before. Just so I understand a little better, are you trying to open the file, or save the file after editing it?

    • @thisisstupid162
      @thisisstupid162 2 роки тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs it's when I'm trying to save it. I'm the administrator on the computer. But as it turns out, it doesn't matter. You can alt+tab out of the game when you're supposed to change discs and just mount the other disc to the drive, since by default the drives it looks for disc 1 and disc 2 are the same

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому

      Interesting. And you are trying to edit the right text file? Sometimes there are two versions that can be found, one in Documents and one where you installed the game. The one in Documents (or wherever else you find it) is the correct one to edit.

    • @thisisstupid162
      @thisisstupid162 2 роки тому +1

      @Nancy Drew Walkthroughs I think it's the right file, but I didn't know that it could be found in 2 locations. I told it to install in a folder under Program Files, and then I clicked "open file location" on the shortcut like you did, and tried to edit the game file there. Interestingly, my file is game, not Game. I don't know if that means anything or that's just because of computer settings

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  2 роки тому

      @@thisisstupid162 Hey Lacey! Sorry I haven't replied to you yet. Life's been really busy on my end, I'll give you a more definitive response this weekend! Cheers!

  • @SentryDoesRetro
    @SentryDoesRetro 10 місяців тому +1

    fyi, secrets can kill and the next four Drews are now fully supported by scummvm so most of this guide is now obsolete

  • @someone6304
    @someone6304 Рік тому

    Somehow the link doesn't work

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  Рік тому

      Hello! Which link are you referring to? All the links in the description seem to be working fine for me!

    • @someone6304
      @someone6304 Рік тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs the one to the internet archive the .iso file is corrupted

    • @NancyDrewWalkthroughs
      @NancyDrewWalkthroughs  Рік тому

      Really? It downloads fine for me! Is it corrupted after it is downloaded, or will it not download in the first place?

    • @someone6304
      @someone6304 Рік тому

      @@NancyDrewWalkthroughs it downloads but it won't be read by any software

  • @TheNancyDrewGuy
    @TheNancyDrewGuy Рік тому

    Don’t work

  • @sarahnemeth9115
    @sarahnemeth9115 Рік тому

    I tried this, but it is still giving me fits. I do know how to use ISO files and can even mount them on Win11 without PowerISO. (I played STFD without a hiccup.) But I installed PowerISO anyway so that I could follow all the directions step by step to the letter. And it's STILL giving me the same issue that it did without PowerISO.
    I can mount my ISO files, ripped from my original discs. I can install the game. I can run the game. But, just like playing 25 years ago, when I switch to the school it still asks for Disc 2. And clicking okay does absolutely nothing. I edited the ini file to read the correct drives, just like I was supposed to. Why doesn't it work? I'm so frustrated. And sad.

  • @dingdongtingtong
    @dingdongtingtong 2 роки тому +1

    Bro has so much storage used up