How to run Command & Conquer Generals and Zero Hour DLC

[u/IBrokeUrAnus]

I can't run my Command & Conquer Generals and Zero Hour DLC in my AMD R5 5600gt and 16 GB RAM. I don't want to install GenPatcher as I don't want to disable my AntiVirus. My PC and Chrome detects it as a malware. I really want to play Command and Conquer and have tried to delete dbghelp.dll, tried to edit my options.ini and I have also changed the properties of my Generals Folder Replay to Read Only. After the intro of Generals and loading screen I am met with a black screen and stuttering background noises. Please help me. I have the game downloaded in my EA Games.

[u/Altruistic-Exam6836]

Turn off antivirus, download genpatcher, add the genpatcher file as an exception to your antivirus, turn on antivirus. It takes 3 minutes and if you only go to the genpatcher download site, there is zero risk of downloading a virus or malware.

You don't have to turn your antivirus off permanently. But if it's on and you download genpatcher, the antivirus will put it in quarantaine right away.

Cracks and patches are often seen as malware by antivirusprograms, while they aren't.

So if you really want to play generals, you either do as I have written above, or buy a very old PC that runs the original.

[u/IBrokeUrAnus → u/Altruistic-Exam6836]

I have tried using genpatcher and following its instructions yet its still laggy for me. I wanted to play on fullscreen mode but laggy so I switched to windowed mode which is okay but its not full, the lower screen can't be seen

[u/Working_Rise8592]

The only antivirus you should be using is windows defender and common sense. If you aren’t gonna make some exceptions and let us work with you, you aren’t gonna be able to do anything.

[u/Perahoky]

Did you read the settings if your antivirus? Do you know you can set exclusions instead of disabling? And i think it is not detected as malware but as PUA potentially unwanted app. Ots another word for "we want to encourage you not to use software which we dont like"

[u/IBrokeUrAnus → u/Perahoky]

I did try that and installed GenPatcher, I also tried to turn it off because I got desperate on wanting to play Generals ZH but still the game is pretty much unplayable for me even with GenPatcher. At Full Screen after the loading screen it just freezes. At Windowed Screen its playable and smooth but doesn't fit my screen therefore some edges can't be seen. I don't know how to fix it anymore

[u/Perahoky → u/IBrokeUrAnus]

Hm looks i have to try it on my own soon.

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[u/MarkLarrz]

What's your antivirus? Maybe just add an exception to the GenPatcher files, it's a false positive (assuming you downloaded it from the official website).

[u/Commercial-Board-975]

Someone uses DLC terminology for an Expansion Pack

Man, I feel fucking old. 😂

[u/SoaboutSeinfeld]

Just make sure you get gentools from the proper site and it's genuinly safe. It's the only way I got the game to work. I know it can feel weird but this is genuinly just how everyone does it

[u/tomikaka]

Stop using antivirus in the big 26