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Anonymous
12 years ago

***fatal*** String Failed To Initialize Properly; Error Win 8.1

Brought the ultimate collection download code from amazon and downloaded RA2 from EA'S  'origin' client. Download went smoothly but when trying to launch the game i get ***fatal*** string failed to i...
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Anonymous
12 years ago

Oh and also i have managed to play the earliest 'covert operations' and 'red alert 1' without a problem so i dont understand why i only get this issue with red alert 2? red alert 2 is the only game i get this error message for. I dont understand.

thanks,

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    EA_David
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    12 years ago

    Hi, can you try running in XP compatibility mode? Also, make sure that you have all the exes in the RA2 folder set to run as admin.

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      Anonymous
      12 years ago

      Hi yes i have changed the properties of all the exes and desktop short cut to XP S3 and run as admin. It still comes up with fatal string. Any other ideas? really annoying as its my fave game!

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        EA_David
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        12 years ago

        Oh dear. If the admin mode fix isn't working, can you try going to Control Panel>User Accounts> Change User Account settings.

        Try setting this slider to the lowest and see if this has any effect.

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