If you are not using Windows XP, exit the autorun, and run setup.exe on the disc as administrator.Insert your The First Decade disc to your DVD drive.For a more complete solution, check out the guide titled Fully Updating The First Decade. If you are not using Windows XP, browse to the directory you installed the game to and set game.exe and ra2.exe to always run as administrator and in compatibility mode for Windows 7.Īlthough the installer of The First Decade enables you to select the games you wish to install, this guide assumes that you intend to install C&C: Red Alert 2 only.

From your Soviet disc, copy maps02.mix and movies02.mix to your RA2 directory.

From your Allied disc, copy multi.mix, theme.mix, maps01.mix, and movies01.mix to your Red Alert 2 directory.

Download and install XWIS’ Red Alert 2 multiplayer distribution from this page.

The procedure below bypasses the problem by using the multiplayer-only release by XWIS (which was created under EA’s permission) and placing the necessary files for singleplayer usage. Coupled with the removal of the SafeDisc driver, there is (at the time of writing this guide) no way to install the game from the retail discs directly on Windows 10. I have the retail CD version and DO use Windows 10 / 11.įor some reason, the Red Alert 2 installer refuses to work on Windows 10.

If necessary, scroll down to the “Handling Red Alert 2 and Yuri’s Revenge on Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10 / 11” section at the bottom of this page and follow the instructions.

If you are not using Windows XP, browse to the directory you installed the game to and set game.exe and ra2.exe to always run as administrator and in compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3 or Windows 7.

You can use the patch for your language from our site linked below, or one of these mirrors.

Patch the game to version 1.006, the latest official patch.

Install the game as you normally would.If you are not using Windows XP, exit the autorun and run setup.exe from the disc’s setup subfolder as administrator.Insert either Red Alert 2 disc to your CD/DVD drive.If you are not using Windows XP, make sure you have re-enabled the SafeDisc driver by these guidelines.I have the retail CD version and DO NOT use Windows 10 / 11.

This guide will show you how to install Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 on modern operating systems, with different sections covering different releases of the game.

Instal Red Alert