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I have been trying to load Generals and Generals 0 Hour onto my new Windows 7 OS. Each time the game will not play. I also tried to load my C&C First Decade discs with no luck. Can anyone advise if/how to play these games on Windows 7?? Thanks

In windows 7 : Right click on Computer, then properties.
After that advanced system settings.
Then go to Tab: Advanced (In system Properties), click on the settings button in performance.
Go to Tab: Data Execution Prevention and Add the game.exe to be excluded from DEP.
That could do the trick.

Or Right click on your Shortcut from the game.
Go to properties - Compatibility - Run this program in compatibility mode for....well make a choice: windows xp or windows vista.

Hope this will help.

Regards, Mick

Also in my documents make a folder
Command and Conquer Generals Data
and
Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data

inside put a file called options.ini
and within that file put the following
AntiAliasing = 4
BuildingOcclusion = yes
CampaignDifficulty = 0
DrawScrollAnchor = yes
DynamicLOD = yes
ExtraAnimations = yes
GameSpyIPAddress = 0.0.0.0
Gamma = 50
HeatEffects = yes
IPAddress = 0.0.0.0
IdealStaticGameLOD = Low
LanguageFilter = false
MaxParticleCount = 5000
MusicVolume = 50
Resolution = 1600 1200
Retaliation = yes
SFX3DVolume = 72
SFXVolume = 64
ScrollFactor = 48
SendDelay = no
ShowSof****erEdge = yes
ShowSof****erEdge = yes
ShowTrees = yes
StaticGameLOD = High
TextureReduction = 0
UseAlternateMouse = yes
UseCloudMap = yes
UseDoubleClickAttackMove = yes
UseLightMap = yes
UseShadowDecals = yes
UseShadowVolumes = yes
VoiceVolume = 78


changing any value you like, hope this helps got mine to work
showsof****edge
then it is

show soft water edge

Nope CnC The First Decade doesn't work on Win 7 if you do not install unnoficial patch 1.03 assuming that you hav patch 1.01 and patch 1.02

heck you dont even need to add all that in.

All i did to make it work after like half a day surfing and trying to find out how to make it work i just looked at my mates files and then found the one i needed



After installing the game (dont worry about doing any of that compatibility stuff in the exe)

all you do is in my documents make a folder
Command and Conquer Generals Data
and
Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data

then in each of them make a untitled.txt folder

rename it as options.ini and you're done

start the game and boom youre in worked for me fine

[Edited by slyfer3k, 8/21/2011 5:08:54 PM]

[Edited by slyfer3k, 8/21/2011 5:11:39 PM]

If I had known that, I wouldn't have to enter that string of text. *facepalms self*

Actually, I tried it on Windows 7 a long time ago. I safely say that most of the games work normally. The only exceptions to that are C&C: Tiberian Sun, its expansions and below. Those work with a hyper speed cause of the hardware nowadays.

[Edited by CHT, 5/30/2012 9:07:21 PM]