Game crashes when I try to load a saved game

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Launch the game
2. Click the button in bottom right corner
3. Click load from the red menu that appears

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect it to give me a screen which will let me select saved games
Instead it bombs out completely.

Here are the results microsofts debug window
Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   APPCRASH
  Application Name: game.exe
  Application Version:  0.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    4714a811
  Fault Module Name:    game.exe
  Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:   4714a811
  Exception Code:   c0000005
  Exception Offset: 00099abf
  OS Version:   6.0.6000.2.0.0.256.6
  Locale ID:    2057
  Additional Information 1: 8d13
  Additional Information 2: cdca9b1d21d12b77d84f02df48e34311
  Additional Information 3: 8d13
  Additional Information 4: cdca9b1d21d12b77d84f02df48e34311


What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
I am using the most up to date version of silver tree (as far as Im aware)
Just downloaded from the website. I'm running it in Windows Vista.
The problem occurs whether or not I choose to run the game as 
administrator.

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 7 Nov 2007 at 12:59