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Anonymous
11 years ago

Red Alert 2 Not - ***FATAL** string manager error!

I am running Windows 8 on a Dell computer. When I install and run Red Alert 2 or Yuri's Revenge from original disk or from C & C First Decade I get a "Red Alert 2 Not - ***FATAL** string manager error! ". I have tried everything that everyone else on the web has said to try and nothing has worked. Do you have a fix for this yet?

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    You have to run the game as administrator, the problem is related to the file named blowfish.dll. The game fails to register the .dll because the lack of admin rights.

    If you still cannot make it working then try the following fix i created for Tiberian Sun (it will also work with Red Alert 2 since the problem is realted to the same file)

    http://downloads.cncnet.org/Games/TiberianSun/TiberianSunDllFix.exe

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Dude u r awesome. Worked for me. Win 8.1 x64. I mean that patch u've made

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Glad to hear it worked for you Dale_Supasnail, thanks for the feedback

  • CPTLanky's avatar
    CPTLanky
    9 years ago
    You sir, are my hero. My true, real life hero. So long I've been trying to get this game to work and EA sure don't care about trying to fix it. I extend an eternity of gratitude towards you and wish I could worship you in person. Just know, today and forever, you are a hero and a magnificent person.

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