command and conquer 4 - How to make it work

You can skip the initial launcher by putting the following in your Steam launch options: cmd /c ""PATH-TO-GAMEFOLDER\Data\CNC4.game" -config "..\CNC4_English.SkuDef" %COMMAND% and change the path to match the actual path to your game, and change the English SkuDef to whatever language you're using. This option will NOT work if you do not already have an EA account--the game will boot but you will be greeted with the second login screen without a create account option.

make sure to replace the path to gamefolder bit with your game's file directory

I didnt come up with this solution myself, credit goes to user Mongol's!!! on the steam forums for the game