These are the best solutions i know of for getting these games working.
Red alert 1, and maybe Command and Conquer;
Set all of the game's files to compatibility mode with Windows 95. Then kill Explorer.exe before running the game. This should help;
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
C:\"Program Files (x86)"\"EA Games"\"Command & Conquer The First Decade"\"Command & Conquer Red Alert(tm)"\"ra95.exe"
start explorer.exe
put all of that in Notepad, set Save as Type to All Files, and put .bat at the end of the name. This will kill Explorer.exe, open red alert, when you exit it reopens Explorer.exe.
If you want to know before doing this stuff, Explorer.exe is what makes your icons and the bar at the bottom of your screen appear. i don't know why this works.
Tibeirium Wars;
if i remember correctly, just set everything to compatibility mode for Windows 95. You may also try the killing explorer, as seen above. You can't use the data seen there though, you'll either have to make your own .bat file or kill explorer by using ctrl+alt+delete and killing it in the processes tab. Then use New Task/browse to get to Tiberium Wars. To get explorer back, use ctrl+alt+delete again and use new task, and type in Explorer.exe
Renegade should be compatibility settings, if that. i don't think i've ever had a problem with it.
For Red Alert 2 and Yuri's Revenge;
go here-
For me, setting it to duplicate these displays, instead of extend, works as well. And you won't have stuff disappearing to a non-existent screen.
i know its the wrong section for this, but might as well add it;
For Generals and Zero Hour, all i had to was set it to Vista SP2 compatibility mode. As i remember, XP compatibility mode won't work.
Also, for all of these games, i make shortcuts directly to the game's exe files, instead of using the First Decade launcher menu thingy.
Hope this stuff helps
Edited by user Saturday, April 20, 2013 3:22:52 AM(UTC)
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