Hey Black Echo perhaps you can completely delete EWR and then install a fresh copy by obtaining it from the internet. Take care to install a copy OTHER than the one available at teamfranchise's site, just to be sure that his copy is not the culprit (no offence intended).
If the game still doesn't work make sure you have all of the VISUAL BASIC DLL FILES that are required to run visual basic software. You can download this from www.microsoft.com or www.download.com
Also, check if you have comdlg32.dll . If not, download a copy from http://www.download.com and place it in your c:\windows\system And/or c:\windows\system32 directory (depends on your version of windows, you may place it in both).
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