cnc generals zero hour startup crash

[Guest Ryan_the_Great]

ok what happened is that for some reason whenever i double click on the generals.exe it seems like it is starting up, the generals: zero hour logo pops up, the screen goes black, it looks like it is adjusting the resoulution, and then all of a sudden it stops and the generals.exe and game.dat processes dissapeared and it basically crashes to the desktop. there is no error warning popup or anything. also generals (not the xpandtion pack) works but teh zero hour wont! GRR! please help me i will be happy to answer any questions about the incident. Thnks in advance!

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[Guest Ryan_the_Great]

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)

Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation

System Model: Dimension XPS Gen 2

BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A04

Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)

Memory: 2046MB RAM

Page File: 197MB used, 3745MB available

Windows Dir: C:WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

DX Setup Parameters: None

DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

[Hans5849 0]

reinstall

[chickendippers 1]

I suppose that's the best thing to try first.