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[vwscr10xc0i4]

I bought C&C collection mainly to play RA2 and Yuri's revenge. the only game that is working is Tiberium Twiliight. RA2 and Yuri's revenge everytimes gives me an error of administrative privilage is needed. I have changed all the exe files in the files to make have administrative privilage but it fails. I have made each exe file to run in compatible mood of windows 98 and still not working basically following every thing in this thread : "https://answers.ea.com/t5/C-C-The-Ultimate-Collection/c-amp-c-red-alert-2-and-yuri-string-manager-fa..."

I couldn't download the fix File that was in the last post in that thread.

I have also trialled to clear cash of the EA games program and it fails.

[Nyerguds]

@vwscr10xc0i4 

A lot of the games have been upgraded with community-created unofficial patches that fix a lot of their bugs and compatibility problems. You can find them here:

Command & Conquer 1:

• Nyerguds' C&C95 v1.06c revision 3 patch (which also adds bonus missions originally exclusive to the Playstation and Nintendo 64 versions of the game)
  Note that this patch fixes two quite common and completely fatal game crashes (top-of-map reconnaissance crash, stealth crash), so installing it is strongly advised.
• HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.

Red Alert 1:

• Funkyfr3sh's automatic Red Alert 1 patcher/installer (The thread also has briefing videos for the expansion missions, converted from the Playstation version of the game)
• Nyerguds' main.mix cleanup for TFD/TUC (Not really needed, but cleans up about a gigabyte of unnecessary files in the RA1 folder. Unpack in the game folder, run "patch_main.bat", let it finish, and then delete the files you extracted.)
• HD music pack, with stereo music for the game.

Tiberian Sun:

• Funkyfr3sh's Tiberian Sun patch

Red Alert 2:

• 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. It should automatically take care of the "black screen on startup" issue, and has a configuration tool that allows further tweaking of the game's settings.

Generals:

• GenTool seems to be the main patch for Generals these days. The website is kind of vague on what it does besides restoring multiplayer and adding anti-cheat, but I heard it does a lot to make it work better on modern OSes too.
• If you have issues with DirectX errors popping up, find and delete the file "dbghelp.dll" in the game's install folder.

Renegade:

• The Tiberian Technologies patch fixes loads of issues on Renegade.

Note that the fact the game asks for administrator privileges on startup is because you have installed it under the C:\Program Files\ or C:\Program Files (x86)\ folder, where the game normally does not have permission to write in its own install folder. These older games keep their settings inside their install folder, so they need heightened privileges in order to function properly. The only way around this is to change the library folder in which your games are installed to a location outside Program Files.

[vwscr10xc0i4]

Thanks a lot for your reply,

the patch for C&C RA2 and Yuri worked well but doesn't allow me to access missions / campaign.

and I have already installed the games in another complete partition outside of C. but still the same problem.

is there any way else around it ?

[Nyerguds]

@vwscr10xc0i4 Your problem there is that you're actually using the CnCNet launcher to get into the game. Don't do that; it's for multiplay. After installing the CnCNet package on your game, the fixes are applied, so you can simply launch it normally as you did before.

Normally, the error that it needs admin privileges shouldn't prevent you from launching the game, though. Just accept the prompt to elevate its user rights and it should still launch.