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Fusco424
12 years ago

Command and Conquer Ultimate Collections - Fatal Error: String Manager failed to initialize properly

I just bought C&C Ultimate Collection and some of the games work but others (Red Alert 2, Yuri's Revenge, Tiberian Sun, and Command & Conquer 4) do not launch. When I clicke the game, i get "Fatal Er...
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Anonymous
11 years ago

Using Origin, I have set all *.EXE files to be compatible with Windows 95 and "run as administrator" , but I still get the error on Windows 7.

I also stop secdrrv per 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3086255

Any ideas?

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Nyerguds
Hero+
11 years ago

@jhawk95337

Use WinXP SP3 compatibility mode. These games are a bit newer than Win95.

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    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Set compatibility settings to XP SP3, and still get the error.

    MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3086255

    If I were sure that this error applied ONLY to RA 2, I might pay for RA 3 and the other C & C games in the pack.

    Any thoughts?

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