Official install guide:
• You must have Administrator Rights on Windows XP in order to install Red Alert. (This is a Windows 2000 and Windows XP setting.) Please contact your system administrator or Microsoft for instructions on setting your administrator privileges.
• To find out if you are logged in as the Admin follow the following steps:
Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar.
Select Settings.
Click on Control Panel
Select User Accounts. Under the user tab you should see the user name as Administrator.
• To install the game, follow these steps:
Insert the Red Alert disk into the CD-ROM drive. (Close the installation window that appears if Autoplay is turned on.)
Click the Start button on the Windows Taskbar.
Select My Computer.
Right-click the CD-ROM Drive with the game in it and select Explore.
Double-click the Setup95 folder.
Right-click the install.exe file and select Send to.... Select Desktop from the drop-down menu. (This will create a shortcut on the Desktop.)
Right-click the shortcut and select Properties.
Click the Compatibility tab.
Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for: box.
Select Windows 95 in the drop-down window below.
Click Apply, then OK.
Double-click the shortcut to install the game.
• In order for the game to run properly you must install the latest patch.
Locate the latest Red Alert patch on our FTP site.
• Get the latest Red Alert patch
Left-click the patch and drag it to your Desktop.
After completing the download, copy the patch file into the Red Alert installation directory. (By default, this is located at C:\Westwood\RedAlert)
Double-click the patch to run the patch file. This will create three more files: Patch.exe, Patch.rtp, and Patch.txt.
Double-click the Patch.exe file to initiate the update process.
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