C&C Generals exits to desktop

[Burningmace]

Every time I run C&C Generals it exits back to the desktop after showing the splash screen for a few seconds. The generals.exe and game.dat processes remain running and do nothing other than take up 50MB of my memory :(

I've been having the same problem with all of the patches.

My system stats:
Game/Software: Command and Conquer: Generals Version 1.10
OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 SP1
DirectX Versions: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
RAM: 512MB
Processor: 908MHz AMD Athlon
Motherboard: Mainboard GA7XDR+
Graphics: ATI Radeon 7500 (AGPx4)
Sound: Creative SoundBlaster PCI 128
CD Devices: CD-ROM 54X, DVD-ROM 48X, CD-RW 40x16x10x (Read, Write, Re-Write)
Hard Drives: C:\ - 80GB, D:\ - 30GB, E:\ - 30GB
Internet - 512KBps Broadband via 50MBps Wireless NAT Router

The same disc works on my brother's PC, which is a 2.8GHz AMD Athlon with 256MB RAM and an ATI Radeon 9000.

Somebody said it could be my graphics card, but I doubt that such a thing would affect the actual loading of the game.

Any help would be useful, thanks in advance!

[Jagndeke]

Sounds like it could be your GFX card driver. Download and install the latest driver for your card at ATI. Or, if you have the latest driver, try an older version. Sometimes if a large numbr of people are having a similar problem such as crashing to desktop, you'll find people discussing it at the official gameboard. Check there as well.

If that doesn't work other things to consider are:

1. soundcard driver
2. Bios driver

[MarkN]

I can relate. Morrowind tends to close to the desktop sometimes on my rig, too. I haven't gotten the C&C Generals package with Zero Hour yet but I plan to later.