There's versions of Ao2 and AoE2 that was built to work on Windows 10 available from the store titled Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition. This is also included in Xbox Game Pass if you have a subscription.
I have an old AOM gold edition which I have been playing for years. I was forced to get a new laptop with windows 10, and now my older games do not want to run. It installs perfectly, but does not want to run after installation. I have done all compatibility suggestions, running as aministrator etc. Then I found a no cd patch for AOE 2 and itDear Community, I just bought Age of Empire (AoE) : Definitive Edition (2019) in the hope to play it on (virtual) Windows 10 - i.e. on my Mac with Parallels Desktop 10.I connected myself to my Microsoft account and tried to install AoE on my Mac and my PC (as you will see, I first tried on my Mac and, since it didn't work, I tried on the virtual PC). FWIW, I’ve had the original AOE installed on my Windows 10 system and working fine since the Windows 10 Beta was released. Run the game as administrator to fix a lot of the lockups. Do not expect AOE to do full screen or high def on new systems or large monitors. . 76 236 363 239 40 70 353 399 173