This will allow the game to run, but it won't run without lagging. Navigate to your Borderlands 2 EXE (not the launcher) and Right Click it -> Propreties - Set the COMPATIBILITY to Windows 98 / ME (setting it to Windows 95 should work too) There's a hack / mod you can do (if you want to call it that).But it isn't the most pretty of things in the world. This patch has not been made for the newest version of Borderlands 2 though, so you won't be able to play with the Mechromancer class or play the DLCs. If you haven't patched your game yet or got the new DLC's, then there is a Borderlands 2 Windows 8 fix / patch for it that you can get. Something about the game just disagrees with the OS it seems. Running this game on Windows 8 is a whole different problem. Save the file as 'whatever.reg' and then run it. 'InstallPath'='C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam' If you have 64-bit / 圆4 Windows 7, then paste the following instead:

Open a notepad document (START -> RUN - NOTEPAD) and paste the following in IF YOU HAVE 32bit / x86 copy of Windows 7: Done! Told you it was easy! Still not working? You may need to create a registry file.

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