Did either of you try actually running the game in WinXP Service Pack 3 compatibility mode, as is advised in pretty much every thread on this forum?
:PARTLY SOLVED:
i had just verified on my machine and it worked with XP mode
I applied XP compatibility mode with the Red Alert 2 shortcut in Start Menu
I get the message "You're currently in windows compatibility mode."
This loads the RA2launcer.exe and starts Origin it would show choice between Yuri and Red Alert2
I had chosen Red Alert 2 and reloaded a Save game.
This still takes a long time to load a save game but your solution works.
