

All you have to do is download the program, unzip and run it. This can be easily fixed with a great little utility called "DirectDraw Compatibility Tool" created by a russian programmer named Лёха Galogen. Red Alert works fine but some of the colors are horribly displayed: If you are using a PC with multi-threaded/multi-core processor (Pentium4/Core/i3/i5/i7), you need to download "Red Alert affinity fix", extract zip file contents into your Red Alert directory, then update your Red Alert shortcurt(s) to point to ra95.bat file instead of ra95.exe.

Red Alert crashes at the title screen or during gameplay: Then select Windows 95 in the drop down window below.ģ0. Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for: box.Ģ9. Right click on RA95 and select properties.Ģ8. Navigate to the Red Alert installation directory, by default this is located at C:\Westwood\Red AlertĢ6. That's the game installed and patched, the next step is to set compatability mode:Ģ5. Double clicking on Patch.exe will initiate the update process. This will create three more files - Patch.exe, Patch.rtp, and Patch.txt.Ģ3. Double click on the patch to run the patch file. Copy the patch file into the Red Alert installation directory, by default this is located at C:\Westwood\RedAlertĢ2. Open the XP_Patch directory we extracted to your desktop earlier.Ģ1. The next step is to install the patch:Ģ0. Now the game is installed, you do not need to repeat this with the other file.

Now double click SETUP to install the game. Select Windows 95 in the drop down window below.ġ8. Check the Run this program in compatibility mode for: box.ġ6. Right click on SETUP and select properties.ġ5. The autoplay window will now appear with a cheery "Welcome to Westwood" message, close it.ġ2. Browse to one of the downloaded ISOs and open it.ġ0. Mouse over "D: No Media" (the drive letter may vary depending on your individual computer setup) and click "Mount":ĩ. Right-click the MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM Manger icon in the notification area.Ĩ. Download and install MagicISO Virtual CD/DVD-ROM.Ħ. iso file and the XP_Patch folder onto your desktop:ĥ. Double click on RedAlert1_SovietDisc (or RedAlert1_AlliedDisc) twice:Ĥ. The files have been compressed to save the bandwidth, you'll need to download and install WinRAR to extract them.Ģ. The files have been released in their original format - one for Allied missions and another for Soviet missions: RA-Archive > Game Info > Download Red Alertġ.
