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    (ZH Guide) How To Do A "CLEAN" ZH Reinstall PDF

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    This document provides a tutorial on how to do a "clean" reinstallation of Zero Hour to fix issues with mod installation. It is a 12 step process that involves completely uninstalling Zero Hour and any mods, deleting leftover files, reinstalling Zero Hour, applying updates and patches, and then carefully installing one mod at a time. The process must be followed exactly in order and the entire reinstallation may need to be redone if any steps are missed or incorrect.

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    This document provides a tutorial on how to do a "clean" reinstallation of Zero Hour to fix issues with mod installation. It is a 12 step process that involves completely uninstalling Zero Hour and any mods, deleting leftover files, reinstalling Zero Hour, applying updates and patches, and then carefully installing one mod at a time. The process must be followed exactly in order and the entire reinstallation may need to be redone if any steps are missed or incorrect.

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    This document provides a tutorial on how to do a "clean" reinstallation of Zero Hour to fix issues with mod installation. It is a 12 step process that involves completely uninstalling Zero Hour and any mods, deleting leftover files, reinstalling Zero Hour, applying updates and patches, and then carefully installing one mod at a time. The process must be followed exactly in order and the entire reinstallation may need to be redone if any steps are missed or incorrect.

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    How to Do A ​"CLEAN"​ ZH Reinstall

    A Tutorial by Zeke

    Updated: 4/30/20

    What is a clean reinstall?


    It is a technique used to fix most problems involving installing mods to Zero Hour.

    Why do I need to do a clean reinstall?


    Most problems that occur during mod installation is due to leftover files from other mods or game files that got broken or corrupted over time.
    Making a clean reinstall ensures that there are no traces of these broken/leftover files.

    tl;dr
    When you get a "technical difficulties" message after installing a mod, do this.

    NOTE: Please read through the whole guide before doing anything. Otherwise, you’re gonna have a bad time.
    HOW TO DO A ​"CLEAN"​ REINSTALL:
    1. Uninstall all mods currently installed. (if the mod didn’t come with installer/uninstaller, just skip ahead to step 2)
    2. Uninstall Zero Hour.
    3. Delete the leftover Zero Hour game folder in "Program Files", “Program Files (x86)”, or wherever you installed Zero Hour. ​THIS IS IMPORTANT!
    Optional: Delete the “Zero Hour Data” folder in your “Documents” folder as well.
    4. Reinstall Zero Hour.
    NOTE: Disable your UAC, or install ZH outside of “Program Files”, to make sure windows doesn’t block the installation.
    5. Update Zero Hour to v1.04. You can download the ​patch​ from the ​GenTool Website​. ​(“The First Decade” or “The Ultimate Collection” users
    don’t need this)
    6. Download and install a ​No-CD Patch​ for Zero Hour v1.04 to avoid ​SecuRom issues​ and TUC version mismatch.
    NOTE: Either GeneralsZH104EXE.zip or GeneralsZH104MODEXE.zip is fine. GeneralsZH104MODEXE.zip allows you to change camera height even with
    GenTool installed. If you don’t care about that, just use the other one.
    7. Add an ​options.ini​ file in your “Documents > Zero Hour Data” folder
    8. Delete “dbghelp.dll” in your Zero Hour game folder
    9. Run the game to make sure it works.
    10. ​Install mod
    NOTE: Only ONE mod can be installed at a time. If you wish to install multiple mods go ​here​ for tips on how to do so.
    11. Install mod patches (if any)
    12. Play
    NOTE: Check the “Data > INI” folder inside the ZH game folder for “INIZH.big”. If it’s there, delete it, so that it doesn’t conflict with the mod files. Running ZH as
    Administrator also fixes this by allowing the game to auto-delete that file.

    This process has to be done ​EXACTLY BY ORDER.

    If you accidentally skip or mess up in any of the above steps you'll have to ​START AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING​ or else it won't work.

    PROTIP: After reinstalling, make a copy of your ZH folder, this will act as a backup. That way, whenever your ZH breaks, you can just copy your
    backup instead of going through the clean re-installation process every time.
    OPTIONS.INI​ INFORMATION
    Normally this file is auto-generated the first time you run generals before applying any patches, but because most people immediately patch their
    ZH to v1.04 (and because finding a no-cd crack for ZH v1.0 is hard if not impossible), people these days need to add this file in manually.
    Usually, people find an options.ini file online, but there are times when installing someone else’s options.ini file causes an error because of the
    differences in hardware.

    So the safest method is making your own file using this method:
    1. Open Notepad
    2. Paste in the following lines:

    IdealStaticGameLOD = Low
    StaticGameLOD = Custom

    3. Save the file as “options.ini”


    4. Save the file in: “Documents > Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour Data”

    original post by ​rtsking117


    ADDITIONAL STEPS

    Install DirectX
    Make sure you have the ​“correct”​ version of DirectX installed. ​DirectX 8.1​ is not a version of DirectX which comes shipped with Windows. You
    need to install DirectX 9.0c (which apparently contains it) manually:

    1. Download ​this redistributable package from Microsoft


    2. Run it, then extract the files to a folder of your choosing when prompted (ideally, one you can easily get to, like a folder in your Desktop).
    3. After it's finished, go to that folder and run DXSETUP.exe as administrator.
    4. Reboot your computer once the installation is finished.

    This will resolve the missing DirectX library issue for C&C Generals, C&C 3 Tiberium Wars, C&C Red Alert 3, C&C 4 Tiberian Twilight, and their
    expansions, as well as the Battle for Middle-earth series (original post by ​Plokite95​).

    Update your graphics driver


    Self-explanatory.
    MISC DETAILS
    ● If the mod you want to install uses an installer and/or a launcher, make sure to ​run them as administrator.
    ● When installing mods to the TUC version of the game, take note that there are two Zero Hour folders in the game directory:

    Local Disk (C:) > Program Files(x86) > Origin Games >​ Command and Conquer Generals Zero Hour > Command and Conquer
    Generals Zero Hour

    Make sure to install the mod in the second one.

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