C&C ultimate collection Red Alert 2 wont start [ Edited ]

[Kazen222]

What's bizarre is, this game used to work just fine. But then on one boot, I had this same issue, attempted everything listed here. Nothing. Went to Origin support, they had me clear the AppData cache. Nothing. That was a very disappointing refund.

[Nyerguds]

@jastur667

You tried what, exactly? If you mean you tried double-clicking the "The Ultimate Collection" icon that appeared in your games after buying/redeeming the TUC code, then, that's not Red Alert 2 but the pack's additional content... which is supposed to give you a file browser, so you can see that content, since they're files. Wallpapers and music and such.

[aliismail333]

I tried disabling the origin overlay and the cloud and installing some tools, nothing worked.

And honestly I don't see why should I do all this work to get it to function. Perhaps I am spoiled for having used steam and GOG for so long where I never had any problems with the games there.

Why should I spend hours trying to make it work, why doesn't it just work out of the box like steam products.

I feel cheated, the first time I launched the game it worked, now it doesn't no matter what.

How can I process a refund?

[Nyerguds]

@aliismail333

Honestly, the problem is that there's no one at EA left who knows how to maintain these games. So it's all up to community fixes...

There's a load of community patches though. You may want to check these out before going for a refund. I advise installing the CnCNet online play installer for RA2/YR. Even if you're not interested in online play, it comes with a bunch of automatic fixes that will probably solve all issues right away.

[Bcoolen1990]

I have done this process and still my launcher for red alert 2 will not work, yuri's revenge works fine but the original just takes me in circles I click it it opens up origin where you choose to play l, click that the launcher comes up. For the 2 games, yuri's revenge works fine originals huts goes right back to origin play window.. Any help would be appreciated I've tried numerous YouTube videos nothing seems to be working

[WillTaylor90]

I'm having exactly the same issue! Whenever I click on either game, it takes me right back to the origin screen. I've disabled the 'origin in-game', disable cloud saves, tried opening in various compatibility modes, changed all the settings. I just can't  get it to work. 

[SnorreTh]

@WillTaylor90 ,

Same here. Downloaded it today. Asked about refund after several tries.