Hello friends in misfortune))) I have the same problem - installed Age of Empires III, turned out that there is no sound (instead of music, some strange sounds, and the rest of the sound effects disappear after a while). Sometimes the game crashes for no apparent reason. I was advised to install patch 1.03, which I did ( I downloaded it from this source writemypapers4me.net https://writemypapers4me.net/research-paper-writing-for-sale/ ). After updating the sound was normal!!! Try it, maybe you will work.