Generals in Windows 8

[Fazbear 0]

I have just installed Generals on my Windows 8 OS but unable to launch.

 

I have tried:

Adding the Options.ini in my documents - no success

Running the generals.exe in compatibility mode using Windows 7 and Windows XP - no success.

Adding the game in Origin and launching through their - no success.

Updating the exe to the latest patch.

Matching the screen resolution.

 

Anyone have this working in Windows 8 and able to help.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

[Plok 327]

Which error message are you getting (if any)?

[Egozi44 28]

I think I saw win8 fix somewhere... but I may be wrong

 

If you have origin version I assume it should already have some sort of fix for win7+ OSs (though as far as I heard they only break these games in origin ver compared to the original ver xD )

 

Did you try to run it as administrator or update your windows compabilitis vIA win update ?

[Apocalypse31 0]

I'm having the same issue. My .exe does nothing when I click on it.

 

The latest Windows security update disabled games that use SecureRom.

 

Check this article. It might work for you.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/09/23/windows-update-disables-safedisc-drm-7-8-vista/

 

I'm told that the no-cd patch will also work, but the one I found was infected and I dont really trust that kind of stuff.

Edited September 23, 2015 by Apocalypse31

[Egozi44 28]

I don't know what crack version you found but Anti Virus usually mistake them as a virus or mark them as ones on purpose so people won't use them

 

They usually safe to use

 

 

Ahh MS~ Your lovely security updates don't let us play old games and you even spy on us in Win 8 and mostly in 10, way to go~ luckly I'm don't "infected" atm : /

Edited September 24, 2015 by Egozi44

[Plok 327]

You can manually remove the update in the Control Panel, reboot, run Windows Update to see pending updates and block that specific KB number.

Edited September 24, 2015 by Plokite_Wolf

[Fazbear 0]

wow, surprised to see so many responses to what i thought was a redundant topic.

The version i have is the original boxed version but i have updated to the latest patch.

@Apocalypse31

Exact same issue as me, not sure i trust 3rd party workarounds either, surely there has to be another way!!

Safe link to reset the DRM licenses here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/976590

unfortunately despite being headed as a fix for Windows 7 pre-installations the file they give you only works on Vista or XP

xD

MS omg, yet another dead end to getting my Gens to run!

Edited September 24, 2015 by Sonic
Merged back to back posts here

[Plok 327]

Generals and Zero Hour do not use Windows Media DRM or Zune DRM, they use SafeDisc.

 

More info here: http://forums.revora.net/topic/103106-windows-update-kb3086255-breaks-c-c/