every time i try to engage cheats the game crashes!!(im not cheating btw im trying to play a hotseat multiplayer)

the target feild in the shortcut reads as follows

"C:\Program Files\Stardock\TotalGaming\GalCiv2\DarkAvatar\GC2DarkAvatar.exe" cheat

just like the wiki cheats page says....in the start in line it has

C:\PROGRA~1\Stardock\TOTALG~1\GalCiv2\darkavatar

Please help! Ive been trying to do this for hours!

I can get you something from the error message that comes up when the program crashes if you need it!