Command and Conquer Remastered -- Failed to launch

It is no secret that the EA Desktop App implementation of this is broken, so I used the full offline installer for Origin and got back in the game almost instantly, after a scan and repair ( though the file layout changed a little bit, and I had to use an open source tool to block the popups warning me to install EA Desktop, when it was already installed? )

NOTE: EA Desktop is newer, was created after these titles came out, and struggles with so-called "origin legacy" titles, as they have a really complicated wrapper / stub installer system that handles this, though it actually fails to fetch the account information or display the tiles ( missing functionality in the app itself. ) The EA Desktop App is supposed to request from the user, with a fresh install, which country to store the user account data / information, and it's also supposed to have a feature to allow you to enable supposedly untested titles from the game library, that you obviously license from EA. I set mine to Sweden btw, though I'm sure that's smarter over the long run. Sometimes after the App Recover, it tries to set it to the UK, and you are in big trouble ( I don't live in Europe, I live in North America. ) Origin has all of this missing functionality, and it also properly authorizes the game with ActivationUI, Cleanup, Touchup, etc, though the folder and file layout is dramatically different. It's really just about EA Desktop being able to properly transfer account and license information.

SIDE NOTE: I did talk to the support staff from EA Help multiple times, and I didn't think they put one of those drinking birds in place of them with an EA logo on the side, or a bot, or an AI, as I believe the staff were genuinely misinformed about this issue, but clearly tried in whatever way they could to help, though at times it seemed more like the Fenslerfilm PSA, with the cartoon character saying "HEY KID! I'M A COMPUTER! STOP ALL THE DOWNLOADING!"

Thank you for all your advice here on the forum. I managed to solve the problem as well - want to share it, maybe it helps somebody.

The key was the modal windows with the confirmation of permitions. I haven't seen it.

I bought the game through Epic Games. I had to register also in EA. The game didn't run from EA or directly from Program Files for me.Executing EXE did basically nothing. I had nothing in the LOG files. I was logged as admin (Win11).

The key to my problem was launching the game through Epic Games Launcher, not EA... There I got a message regarding "rights" and the game launched...

This fixed the problem for me.

Missing MSVCR100.dll  = Missing Visual C++ 2010 Runtime

Download from the links below. You must install both the x86 and x64 versions.
x86: https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/1...
x64: https://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/1...

Not sure if they changed the settings but I cannot find a manage button.  I can view properties and attempted added, -REDALERT to the Advanced launch options.  I am still getting an error the the game is pre-release with no release date listed.  Comical since Red Alert came out in 1996.

Thankfully the collection is available on steam! I bought it again now and everything plays fine. Now I can uninstall the EA app once and for all!

Had the same problem on Windows 11. My original workaround was to run EA launcher under an admin account but that gets old fast. Found a fix that works under a standard user as follows for games such as Command & Conquer Remastered that requires admin permissions.

Search for computer management, run as administrator.

Go to Local Users and Groups>Groups

Add your standard user account to the following group:

Power Users

Now log out and log back in.

Run EA and try launching the game it should show a permissions dialogue and then run the game.

Against my better judgement I ended up trying "GenPatcher v2.06" after seeing it mentioned on a reddit thread, now I defo caution anyone else from this as it needs a lot of elevated permissions in the way that if it is malware will leave you exposed

TLDR I installed it, ran it and now Generals and Zero Hour work for my on W10 whereas every other fix I tired never did

Again not suggesting other people try it unless you can verify independently that it is legit

Good Luck Commander

I bought the game this morning via the EA app and it isnt in my library, nor will the manage button bring up a properties message... Any ideas? The purchase had gone through and ive recieved a confirmation email telling me to go to my library to get playing!

Thanks @Spiderwolfer , I'll probs go Xbox pass once my EA runs out.