![]() ![]() ![]() It expands on Justin's reply, with a few crucial details that made the difference. Recently I had difficulty to get it to work, even after following different advice on the web, and after different methods and patches, I figured out something that works for me. If there are components installed outside of the installation directory then this might not work, but its probably still worth a try. Copy the complete contents of the INSTALL folder of the game's CD (Allied or Soviet, doesn't matter which one) to that folder you madeĪlternatively there is an article here which describes common methods of converting 16-bit installers into 32-bit installers - depending on what sort of installer Red Alert used this method may work.įinally you could try installing it in a virtual machine running some 32-bit OS (or possibly even DOSBox) and then copying the installation directory off your VM onto your 64-bit machine (or just run it on the VM).Create a folder on your hard disk where you want to install the game.I believe that Red Alert itself is 32-bit (and so should work fine if you can get it installed), however it sounds like the installer you have is 16-bit - 16-bit code simply won't run on 64 bit operating systems.Īccording to this thread the game content is just dumped in a directory on the CD and so you should be able to bypass the installer by copying these to your destination directory ![]()
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