Command and Conquer Zero Hour does not

There's this game: Command and Conquer Zero Hour

He used to work on windows XP but now on windows 7, it does not work I do not know why...?

This is the same version that worked on XP...

I FOUND THIS POSTED BY SOME GENIUS CALLED DARKRAJIN AND IT WORKS ON THE GENERALS AND THE GENERALS ZERO HOUR

This I found on another page and thought I'd share it here as long as it worked for me.

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 to make C & C Generals and zero hour to work.

Good news - just managed managed to make it work, and it IS Windows 7 that causes the problem, specifically, it is to do with permissions to access the folders - Windows 7 blocks access to the folders that uses General to run.

The way I fixed it was:

In 'My Documents' (usually to the 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 must create a text file in Notepad, and then save it in that folder.  However, you need to click on ' Save as ' and change the drop-down list box as text (.txt) file type to "all files".  Then save the file as "options.ini."

Before you register, paste this text into the file to start:

Anti-aliasing = 1
BuildingOcclusion = yes
DrawScrollAnchor =
DynamicLOD = no
ExtraAnimations = yes
GameSpyIPAddress = 0.0.0.0
Gamma = 50
IPAddress = 0.0.0.0
IdealStaticGameLOD = high
LanguageFilter = true
MaxParticleCount = 5000
MoveScrollAnchor =
MusicVolume = 55
Resolution = 1024 768
Retaliation = yes
SFX3DVolume = 79
SFXVolume = 71
ScrollFactor = 50
SendDelay = no
ShowSoftWaterEdge = yes
ShowTrees = yes
StaticGameLOD = custom
TextureReduction = 0
UseAlternateMouse = no
UseCloudMap = yes
UseDoubleClickAttackMove = no
UseLightMap = yes
UseShadowDecals = yes
UseShadowVolumes = yes
VoiceVolume = 100

It's just how the game remembers what options you chose (the music volume, brightness and others) and you can change them once the game is running using the menu options.

Now the bits of the key - first, make sure you have full read/write permissions for the folder Command and Conquer Generals data: to do this right click on the file, then properties then the Security tab and change the permissions for all users.  It could also be useful in making sure that no file is 'Read only' in this folder.

Change the compatibility mode of the game by right-clicking on the game in the start menu, click Properties, click the Compatibility tab.  I used the "Change settings for all users" button down and changed to Windows XP (SP3), as well as to check the "run as Administrator box".

Hey Presto! It worked, demystify the myth according to which C & C Generals will not work on 64 bit systems (as some people have said).  In all honesty, I have not tried online multiplayer yet, a few skirmishes.

Good luck!

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