Command And Conquer Generals Zero Hour Not Working [SOLVED]

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I like the command and conquer series, but recently C&C Generals ZH stopped working! It was installed onto my computer a year ago and worked, fine until this month! I double click on the application and then it says "Access Denied Please login with administrator privileges and try again".

1. I am an admin.
   
2. This error never did show up until now.

I then went on the web to do some research on the topic and found out that for some reason windows 7 had some problems with folder permissions and it said to run the file as an administrator. So I did. I doubled click on the application like before, I clicked "yes" to run it as an administer but then nothing happened. No splash screen. No loading or black screens. No videos. No ERRORS! Then I ran the program again and view it in the task manager. According to the task manager the application was shown and then stopped and disappeared all within milliseconds. Then I did some more research and tried:

• Changing the Options.ini file to:
  BuildingOcclusion = yes
  DynamicLOD = yes
  ExtraAnimations = yes
  FirewallBehavior = 9
  FirewallNeedToRefresh = FALSE
  FirewallPortAllocationDelta = 0
  GameSpyIPAddress = 0.0.0.0
  Gamma = 50
  HeatEffects = yes
  IPAddress = 0.0.0.0
  IdealStaticGameLOD = Low
  LanguageFilter = false
  MaxParticleCount = 5000
  MusicVolume = 49
  Resolution = 1366 768
  Retaliation = yes
  SFX3DVolume = 64
  SFXVolume = 57
  ScrollFactor = 80
  SendDelay = yes
  ShowSoftWaterEdge = yes
  ShowTrees = yes
  StaticGameLOD = Custom
  TextureReduction = 0
  UseAlternateMouse = yes
  UseCloudMap = yes
  UseDoubleClickAttackMove = yes
  UseLightMap = yes
  UseShadowDecals = yes
  UseShadowVolumes = yes
  VoiceVolume = 70
  
• Writing Shortcut Commands like -w -resolution, etc.
  
• Editing the Shortcut so it would run the programs as an administer, Running it in compatibility mode for Windows XP Service 2 and 3, disabling visual themes, desktop compression scaling on high DIP settings, Run in 256 colors, Run in 640 x 480 screen resolution.
  
• Checking Registry files in Regedit/
  
• Reinstalling the game.
  
• Making sure DirectX9.c is installed by downloading a copy from the web and also trying the DirectX installer on the disk.
  
• Tried checking the launcher files but since the application does not fully launch, no logs are made.

I do not know what left to try. I have even tried installing the latest patch but even that does not work.

Also one more thing, these applications have the same symptoms:

• Command And Conquer Generals
  
• Command And Conquer Red Alert 2
  
• The Sims
  
• Sim City 4

Please Help!!!

[Angel]

Any chance of verifying the game and even a reinstall? Just make sure you copy your saved games regardless though if you can. But it sounds like a graphic driver setting issue at a glance but I don't know for sure.

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