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Old 03-09-2008, 11:32 AM   #1
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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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Old 03-09-2008, 07:05 PM   #2
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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.
Probably this will work. Installer was messaging me that he is created to work *only* with Windows 95. Ok, tomorrow I'll download once again and try.

THX boys.
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Old 03-09-2008, 08:06 PM   #3
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I still can't run the game, i get some shitty error when it starts up. Dos version is too slow... in a few words i'm in DEEP SHIT!
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Old 04-09-2008, 09:05 AM   #4
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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 syst..
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Old 04-09-2008, 09:40 AM   #5
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I'm the freaking admin, could i install it without it? I guess not... :notrust:
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Old 04-09-2008, 10:01 AM   #6
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then

after downloading this patch,
check compatibility modes for ALL the 7 excutables in red alert directory, sort by file type if you are not sure
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1)This is the same patch the game came with;
2)Patch and compability just cause more errors;
3)Compability mod only:Same error.
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2: boring jrpg generic turn based combat
3: walk map
4: goto 1 12390482309 times
5: outro"
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Old 04-09-2008, 10:17 AM   #8
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i mean, all 7 excutables, dude who had this problem as you did solved it
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You are a FREAKING GOD! It Works!!!!
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2: boring jrpg generic turn based combat
3: walk map
4: goto 1 12390482309 times
5: outro"
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