I looked into this a while ago. One part of the fix is to manually create the settings file in your My Documents folder; I assume that's the fix you already tried? Anyway, specifically about Origin, this was what I had to do to get it running right, and it's a solution I haven't seen advertised anywhere so far:
Origin sets the compatibility mode on the original game executables ("generals.exe" on both games), but not on the Origin-specific versions it actually runs. This is especially ridiculous since the "generals_origin.exe" is a replacement of the original; it's not some kind of launcher to start the actual "generals.exe", it simply is the game, meaning the old "generals.exe", on which the installer sets the compatibility mode, is actually never used at all. 😞
@aevans94 That's strange. Do they appear when you update the game through Origin? Also, is the compatibility mode set on these "Generals" application files inside the two actual game folders?
