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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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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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      Anonymous
      12 years ago

      Tried that too! My friend downloaded it on his WIN7 and it worked fine. i cant understand why! All the others work fine! Anything else?

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        EA_David
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        12 years ago

        Hmm. In case something glitched first time, try uninstalling, restarting Origin explcitly in admin mode, then install it again.

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