Command And Conquer Zero Hour not working

Question

There is this game : Command And Conquer Zero Hour

it used to work on windows XP but now on windows 7 it doesn't work i don't know why.....??

It is the same version that used to work on XP....

Answer 1

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

This I found on another page and thought I would share it here 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 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'.  Then save the file as 'options.ini'

Before you save, paste this text into the file to get you started:

AntiAliasing = 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

This is simply how the game remembers what options you picked (music volume, brightness and the like) and  you can change them once the game is running using the options menu.

Now the key bits - firstly, make sure that you have full read/write permissions for the Command and Conquer Generals Data folder - do this by right clicking on the folder, then  properties then the security tab and change the permissions for all users.  It might also be worth making sure no files are "Read-Only" in that folder.

Then change the game's compatibility mode by right clicking on the game in the start menu, clicking on properties and then the Compatibility tab.  I used the "Change settings for all users" button at the bottom and changed to Windows XP (SP3), as well as checking the "Run as administrator box".

Hey presto! It worked, debunking the myth that C&C Generals will not run on 64 bit systems (as some people have been saying).  In fairness, I haven't tried online multiplayer yet, just a few skirmishes.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Hi,

Are you getting any error message when trying to install the game on the computer or while trying to play the game on the computer?

**Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour** seems to be compatible with Windows 7 in Windows 7 Compatibility Center. Check with the game manufacturer if there are any patches available for the game to work with Windows 7.

Post with the error message so that we can help you better. Look forward to hearing back from you.

Thanks and Regards, Santosh Y – Microsoft Support

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Answer 3

Well what u write is correct whit the normal game (generals) but whit the zero hour its do nothing, then just to quit more fast then before

Answer 4

IT DOESN'T WORK! IT CAUSED TO GOOD EFFECT!!

Answer 5

i tried what doing all of that but now the game just quits back to the first decade menu, also i unchecked the read only box but whenever i access the properties again the read only box is checked again