
For this, you must create a registry file (or mess around with the Windows Registry). However, most games must be added manually. W7 developers addressed this issue, and in the Windows Registry there is a list of program which will be run in this compatibility mode. Besides, you have to open the window every time you want to play without color issues. Or keeping the desktop resolution window open, which didn't work for me, for example. Some workarounds include closing "explorer.exe" while running the game which is a PITA since you can't Alt+Tab, for example. This is because, since DirectDraw is no longer supported, Aero desktop takes over the pallete while you're playing producing the aforementioned issue with older games such as AoE/RoR/AoK/TC/Starcraft. If you're using Windows 7 (Aero capable editions only) you might have probably noticed AoE/RoR colors are off. Yeah, I know this topic has been issued a thousand times now, but I'm not very convinced many people know about the more stable/non-hacky workaround for this problem.
