I don't know if you're still monitoring this but I figure I'd post it in case someone else has the same problem.
(useless, I know)
Caused by running this patch under windows 8.1 with windows 95 compatibility mode enabled with default settings, or with CnC D Draw disabled, as well as with any other options I tried. It seems to be related only to using windows 95 compatibility.
Crash occurs when starting the game.
Windows 8.1
CPU: i7 4770k @ 4.24 GHz
MEM: 16 GB
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070