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generals.exe - Entry Point Not Found

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I just did a clean install of Windows 7. I installed all my drivers and programs, and am now trying to play C&C Generals Zero Hour. Every time I try to launch it, I get the following error.

generals.exe - Entry Point Not Found

 

The procedury entry point MiniDumpWriteDump could not be located

in the dynamic link library dbghelp.dll.

 

Every time I click the OK button, it closes the one I clicked on and opens another one. I literally have to open task manager and force close generals.exe

I have never seen this error before, and even though I tried searching for information on it, I am unable to find anything specific to this program.

 

Processor: i 7 processor running at 3.4Ghz.

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

Graphics card: EVGA SuperClocked 015-P3-1582-AR GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card.

Ram: CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9

Mother board: GIGABYTE GA-Z77X-UP7 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard

Direct X: Version 11

Game: Generals Zero Hour (part of The First Decade) non patched.

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Patch TFD to version 1.03 rev4.

Manually install DirectX 9.0c from here (or, if it doesn't work, from here). My experience contradicts allegations I've heard that DX9 is installed on Win7/8.

Make sure you're running the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP SP3 and as administrator.

 

Report back if it still happens.

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Awesome. You are right that windows 7 and 8 both do not come with DX 9. It is considered obsolete. That was the issue. Once I had 9, it worked like a charm. Thanks so much. +1

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Not quite correct. Generals doesn't even use DX9. Iirc it uses DX8.1, which is considered obsolete, but is contained in the DX9.0c installer.

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Hello there.

This is the only place where i could find this particular problem.

 

I have reinstalled the game 3 times. I Installed DX9c from the links provided. I can not start the game. At all. Always the same error :

The procedury entry point MiniDumpWriteDump could not be located

in the dynamic link library dbghelp.dll.

 

I tried getting the dbghelp.dll from a friend.

 

It worked until like 2 hours ago, a friend and i wanted to try playing Zero Hour again. We had a problem where one of us would always not load into the game, so we tried to fix that.

 

At some point i tried to run the game as administrator, and thats when this problem first appeared.

 

I just dont know what else to try, from what i gathered, it seems like i wont be able to play Generals ever again, seeing that reinstalling it and DX doesnt solve the problem.

 

 

I would be happy for any help that could be provided.

 

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