Command & Conquer Zero Hour Wont start! 64bit 7600 W7

[luburium]

Hi! I just reformatted and installed my computer and it's all fresh, I've downloaded and installed all drivers for my parts.

I have Windows 7 Professional Build 7600 64bit

Here's the problem, I've tried all compatible modes and still it just starts up I can see the logo and then in the windows task manager it says Not Responding it all kind of like freezes up on the logo and then it just closes down...

I've tried
-dx9
-directx 9
-d3dx9

and all kinds of stuff in the shortcut command line but still not working..
I've been googling but there's been nothing that has been helping...

Also when I try running C&C 3 Tiberium wars it says "Please get directx 9 or higher" and it mentions video card acceleration as well...

It might be directx that is the problem here, I've installed lots and lots of directx versions until it finally said "There's allready a higher updated version"

Anyways, Any help and discussion is appreciated

 

[SquonkSC]

Hi! I just reformatted and installed my computer and it's all fresh, I've downloaded and installed all drivers for my parts.

I have Windows 7 Professional Build 7600 64bit

Here's the problem, I've tried all compatible modes and still it just starts up I can see the logo and then in the windows task manager it says Not Responding it all kind of like freezes up on the logo and then it just closes down...

I've tried
-dx9
-directx 9
-d3dx9

and all kinds of stuff in the shortcut command line but still not working..
I've been googling but there's been nothing that has been helping...

Also when I try running C&C 3 Tiberium wars it says "Please get directx 9 or higher" and it mentions video card acceleration as well...

It might be directx that is the problem here, I've installed lots and lots of directx versions until it finally said "There's allready a higher updated version"

Anyways, Any help and discussion is appreciated

Hi luburium,

Where did you get the directx 's from?

Can you tell on what platform you did get it to work with your two card setup? XP? Vista? 32bit or 64bit?

Have you checked the C&C forum to see if more people have this issue?

Isn't Tiberium Wars a directx 10 game? (excuse my ignorance, I'm not mutch into gaming)

Greetz

 

[luburium]

Hi luburium,

Where did you get the directx 's from?

Can you tell on what platform you did get it to work with your two card setup? XP? Vista? 32bit or 64bit?

Have you checked the C&C forum to see if more people have this issue?

Isn't Tiberium Wars a directx 10 game? (excuse my ignorance, I'm not mutch into gaming)

Greetz

My directx's were from the microsofts website, I've downloaded 9, and 10.1 from there and it didn't help, Still get the "You need directx9 or higher" on Tiberium wars.

On zero hour the logo just starts and after a while it's not responding and dies.

My two cards have never been a problem, On xp and vista everything runs perfectly fine, Though I may take this in consideration and disable the crossfire and try starting my game that way.

Tiberium Wars I think is both dx9 and dx10, There's options in the graphic menu I think.. But I've been playing it with XP and there's no dx10 there..

 

[dmex]

Zero hour runs fine on my system, It does need to be run in Compatibility mode using XP-SP2 for stable use however

Tiberium wars was running fine last time when I was running the RC 7100 build, Have you tried running the games with CrossFire disabled and did it make any difference? :huh:

Steven

 

[Thatguy2007]

Hi luburium,

I installed C&C3 tiberium demo on my pc (windows 7 professional 64 bit (7600)) and it didn't work. So i went to Best buy, and i read the system requirements on the back of the game and it said that it is compatible for Vista 32 bit and that it is NOT compatible with Vista 64bit. I am assuming that both OS's (Vista and 7) are similar in nature and believe that (sadly) that is the reason for the game not running.

Hopefully the next game will work fine.

Sincerely,
Thatguy2007

 

[Rebeldawg]

I've had it installed previously on both Windows 7 RC 7100 and the Windows 7 RTM enterprise trial. The problem might actually be your software firewall if you're using one.

 

[AeonGamer]

I wish someone would tell me how to get C&C 3 Tiberium Wars and Kane's Wrath to install to Win7 RC 7100

 

[AhmedCo]

hey
sorry to bring up the old subject ..

I have the same problem ,C & C Zero Hour wont start on my win7 64bit ! it say serious error ..etc
I had played the game on win7 32bit smoothly.. so if we assume the reason is in the "bit" thing ,I'm wondering if there's a solution to this !!!

regards

 

[Rebeldawg]

hey
sorry to bring up the old subject ..

I have the same problem ,C & C Zero Hour wont start on my win7 64bit ! it say serious error ..etc
I had played the game on win7 32bit smoothly.. so if we assume the reason is in the "bit" thing ,I'm wondering if there's a solution to this !!!

regards

Uninstall it and then before installing it go into windows explorer and then the cd/dvd drive that has the command and conquer disk and right click the setup.exe file and change the compatiblity to windows xp sp2 and press ok then try installing it again and see if it helps.

 

[brunofunny]

Registry

I know this post is old but, here we go.

Most of problems of C&C - Generals or Zero Hour won't start in XP, 7 (32bits or 64bits) is about registry error. So I'm attaching the registry of it so you can modify with your folders BEFORE running the .REG.

PLEASE MODIFY TO YOUR FOLDER SETTINGS AND DON'T FORGET THE DOUBLE SLASH.

Regards everyone.

 

[moparjr]

I know this post is old but, here we go.

Most of problems of C&C - Generals or Zero Hour won't start in XP, 7 (32bits or 64bits) is about registry error. So I'm attaching the registry of it so you can modify with your folders BEFORE running the .REG.

PLEASE MODIFY TO YOUR FOLDER SETTINGS AND DON'T FORGET THE DOUBLE SLASH.

Regards everyone.

how exactly do you change the registry ive tried every other thing it the first splash screen starts up then it goes dark then right back to the desktop ive had this problem with 4 windows 7 computers 2 vista computers and and xp computer. ive recently played it on a windows 7 custom desktop and a vista 64bit laptop

 

[Generals]

Problem with Generals

Hi. I have a problem with C&C Zero Hour. ZH wont start. I have Win 7 - 64 bit. Please help me . System writes : something with : errors seriously occured

 

[shellyD]

thanks a lot

Registry
I know this post is old but, here we go.

Most of problems of C&C - Generals or Zero Hour won't start in XP, 7 (32bits or 64bits) is about registry error. So I'm attaching the registry of it so you can modify with your folders BEFORE running the .REG.

PLEASE MODIFY TO YOUR FOLDER SETTINGS AND DON'T FORGET THE DOUBLE SLASH.

Regards everyone.

thanks a lot m8, u saved the game!!

 

[Gambler71]

I had this problem on my sons system where he could not start Zero Hour, but Generals would run.


So I loaded them both onto my machine and they both ran fine.


We are both running Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.


So I started Generals on both machines and found that his machine had a graphics option (resolution) of 1400x1050, where as my machine (only couple weeks old with better hardware) only allowed a resolution of 1360x1024. So I set his Generals to 1360x1024.


From here I believe you could uninstall and then re-install Zero Hour and it should be fine, however, I cheated and edited the options file as below:
* open "Options.ini" found under C:\Users\<user name>\Documents\Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data
or you can also get to it under My Documents and then Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data


* find the line similar to Resolution = 1400 1050


* change it to Resolution = 1280 960 (best good one I found)


* close and save the "Options.ini" file


Your game should now work fine if it was the same problem we had at our place.

 

[Venomless]

Hi! I just reformatted and installed my computer and it's all fresh, I've downloaded and installed all drivers for my parts.

I have Windows 7 Professional Build 7600 64bit

Here's the problem, I've tried all compatible modes and still it just starts up I can see the logo and then in the windows task manager it says Not Responding it all kind of like freezes up on the logo and then it just closes down...

I've tried
-dx9
-directx 9
-d3dx9

and all kinds of stuff in the shortcut command line but still not working..
I've been googling but there's been nothing that has been helping...

Also when I try running C&C 3 Tiberium wars it says "Please get directx 9 or higher" and it mentions video card acceleration as well...

It might be directx that is the problem here, I've installed lots and lots of directx versions until it finally said "There's allready a higher updated version"

Anyways, Any help and discussion is appreciated

hello, i have a problem, and i know how to solve it. my C&C generals wont start. not even a screen. just for a second that windows loading circle, and its because i'm missing ''command and conquer generals data'' folder in ''my documents'' folder, so m asking anybody to send me the data folder. thanks

 

[flashmylove]

I know this post is old but, here we go.

Most of problems of C&C - Generals or Zero Hour won't start in XP, 7 (32bits or 64bits) is about registry error. So I'm attaching the registry of it so you can modify with your folders BEFORE running the .REG.

PLEASE MODIFY TO YOUR FOLDER SETTINGS AND DON'T FORGET THE DOUBLE SLASH.

Regards everyone.

after searching the web for +5 hours and trying Every thing..
your solution worked for me.. you are a GEnius ..
all Experts in other sites said because of W7 security update and bla bla bla you will no longer be able to run the game unless you edit some commands through CMD .. you prove they all are wrong .. JUST EDIT THE REG and it will work .. Thanks again