Problem with Datgen.exe
I somehow had C&C General + Zero Hours in my computer before, but for some reason I have deleted the game, and currently trying to reinstall it again. However, there is an error of something about th...
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@mrtnptrs wrote:Here is my last hope:
Hold the windows key on your keyboard and press the r button > The Run dialogue should appear > Type C:\Program Files\Common Files into the text box and click OK
Right-click the InstallShield folder, and select Rename > Change the name to InstallShieldOld > Start the game installation again to reinstall the InstallShield components with the newest version.
If the install succeeds after this then delete the InstallShieldOld folder.
On my system, there is no such InstallShield folder to click on?
I have the same problem at the moment.
Before I installed Origin with the Ulti version of C&C Generals the old CD version run normal and there were no install issues.
I have Windows 8 and wanted to install the old CD version and deleted the origin version.
Now the issues began and I got the same errors with Datgen.exe
We got into the same problem.
In case you get an error about a missing Datagen.exe during the installation process you can solute that issue by the following steps:
1. Start the installation and wait for the error, abort installation
2. Restart Installation and wait until the installatin process requests CD2 (the datagen.exe should be there at this moment)
3. IMPORTANT: Make the datagen.exe write protected (right click -> properties)
4. proceed Installation
The Installation worked, the game did start, but we were not able to patch it and didnt find a solution for it.
- How do you do that. I got this error too. I installed it and played it a bit and installed zero hour (I have deluxe) tried to patch it it failed so I deleted the program files directory (A critical error on my part) I wanted to save time and hoped it would just say remove it from programs and features when I went there but it didn't it made me uninstall. So I reinstalled but at the end it gave me this error and aborted (Even most of the game files were there and I could run it (Although it would not actually open) and I have to delete them for it to even get to the end if I try again. I have tried compatability mode and admin (On windows 8.1) and it still won't work (DatGen.exe in the folder the error points to which exists during installation). I have since installed it on another computer with win 8.1 and it worked although I haven't installed zero hour on that yet so it is not the discs. Any help is much appreciated.
I think I found a solution which I don't want to deny you:
In my case the hint with the write protection of Datgen.exe was very helpful, however it did not solve the problem completey. The error message did not occur anymore but when I click on "Finish" after the Installation has been completed I get another error saying "1628: Failed to complete installation." Also Zero Hour was still not working.
Then I made another attempt to install Zero Hour but this time saved the whole content of the temp folder which is created during installation. Before changing to CD2 I made Datgen.exe write protected again. And finally after the installation has been completed I copied all files from my previous backup back to the temp folder before clicking "Finish". No error occured and Zero Hour runs like a charme now 🙂
Hope this helps all you guys too 😉
