^^^^^ This solved the problem for me on a Windows 7 Ultimate x64 machine ^^^^^
There were 2x copies "dbghelp.dll" in my Zero Hour folder, nuking both fixed it.
God help anyone that uses EA chat help....
By the way, DirectX 8.1 is not a version of DirectX which comes shipped with Windows. You need to install DirectX 9.0c (which apparently contains it) manually:
This will resolve the missing DirectX library issue for C&C Generals, C&C 3 Tiberium Wars, C&C Red Alert 3, C&C 4 Tiberian Twilight and their expansions, as well as the Battle for Middle-earth series.
Hi, sorry to drag up an old thread, but i have been trying to sort this out for the past 24 hours, i have the same DX8.1 error, so far i have uninstalled reinstalled the game, changed from AVG to another provider due to another error coming up due to AVG, i have done the trick of changing the resolution on the options.ini as well as deleting/ making new ones when they weren't there before. I have reinstalled microsoft c++ 2015/2017 as another web site said this has been a fix for some. and am still at a dead end currently? running on windows 10, ryzen 5 1600x and amd rx580. any help would be great i used to love this game so want to get back into it. This happens for me for both Generals and Zero Hour
@paulanator7Next time please read the whole topic you're posting in. Almost all solutions are already in this topic haha. Well, see here for the possible solutions: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Generals#DirectX_8.1_error_.28Windows.29 Did it work?
