Win7 x64 Command & Conquer Generals does not work in any compatability mode or with XP virtual OS Others had reported this working but I could not get it to work at all both games just crash at startup with a Technical Difficutlites dialog box displayed. I think it may have something to do with graphics mode switching problems, but can't really tell.

I've been a Command and Conquer nut since the very first release. I still play C&C Generals Zero Hour under Windows 7 and it runs perfectly. I've nearly reached the breaking point with this game. A few more failed startups and my fist will be through my monitor. I've tried everything on the Internet. I've nearly reached the breaking point with this game. A few more failed startups and my fist will be through my monitor. I've tried everything on the Internet.

SPECS: Alienware Area51 m15x 4Gb Ram, 200Gb 7200RPM internal hard-disk. 8800GTX graphics card. Processors: Intel(R)Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X7900 @ 2.8 GHz Note: Command & Conquer III Tiberium wars works fine in Win7 x64 no compatability mode required. Sims 1 Hacked Objects Skills Software on this page. UPDATE: I got the game working by using XP SP3 compatability mode and running as administrator. Re-installed the game again. Apparently it gets confused sometimes if you have more than one CD drive, picked the correct drive this time and it is working now.

Hi, This issue should not related to Windows 7. I suggest you take a clean boot to test if it is a software conflict issue. Click Start, type 'MSCONFIG' (without the quotations) in the Search Bar and Press 'Enter' to start the System Configuration Utility. Click the 'Services' tab, check the 'Hide All Microsoft Services' box and click 'Disable All' (if it is not gray). Click the 'Startup' tab, click 'Disable All' and click 'OK'. Restart the computer and test this issue in Clean Boot.

Note: Clean Boot is a troubleshooting step. If some programs have been disabled, we can re-enable them later. If you see the System Configuration Utility, check the box of 'Don't show this message' and then click 'OK'. If the issue still persist, could you please let me know the detail error message?

I have similar specs, i7 processor and win7 Pro 64-bit. Can't get the game to start up, and it always crashed right after the splash graphic with the technical difficulties dialogue box.

Has anyone figured out a way to fix that yet? I've tried various suggestions, from compatibility to mode to installing as admin, to modifying the permissions on the game folder, etc, nothing worked so far.

I feer your pain and I'm also mortified by the fact that I have this computer which I can't play my favorite game on. I have a core i5 laptop running windows 7 home premium 64-bit with an ATI graphics card and I had exactly the same problems getting C&C Generals and Zero Hour to work. Good News - Have just successfully managed to get it working, and it IS Windows 7 that causes the problem, specifically it's to do with access permissions to folders - Windows 7 blocks access to folders that Generals uses to run. The way I fixed it was: In 'My Documents' (usually at C: users YOURNAME documents) there should be a folder named 'Command and Conquer Generals Data' or 'Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data', which was put there when you installed the game. You need to create a text file using notepad and save it into this folder.

However, you must click 'save as' and change the type drop-down box from text file (.txt) to 'all files'. @JonathanAMoore - Not quite. The screen resolution has little to do with the problem - C&C will set it to the maximum the game can run when you start it up. The solution is all about access permissions, and making sure that Windows 7 does not deny access to files that C&C needs to run.