wine users - Jul 2008 - [Wine 0.9.60] Can't install Command & Conquer Kane

Hello guys,

When I try to install Command & Conquer Kane's edition, I get this
error:

"The wizard was interrupted before C&C Kane's edition could be
completely installed"

I googled

"The wizard was interrupted before could be completely installed"

And got a Microsoft tutorial about adding a registry key that was a binary
value... it was a permissions issue, but I don't know what Registry Key to
add.

I'm running Ubuntu 64-bit, with Wine 0.9.60... (I can't upgrade to 1.0
because it won't run Counter Strike.  I did try upgrading to 1.0 briefly to
test the install, of Kane's Edition and it still didn't work.)

I have googled this quite a few times and I'm clueless.  If anyone could
help it'd be greatly appreciated, or there goes $50 bucks.  Thanks!!

According to http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/gamedb.php?letter=C that game uses
SecuROM 7.xx copy protection,  which doesn't work in Wine.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7065

Yes, I followed the guide and looked up a "No DVD" ?? crack.

There were two of them, and they contained a .dat file that was in the
"RetailEXE" folder.


One was like 23mb, one was 4mb.  I didn't know which to use.  They both do
the same thing, though.  I renamed the original. dat file to .dat.old, and I
swapped out the 3.4mb one, and the 23.9mb one - they were located in this
folder:

/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Electronic Arts/Command & Conquer
3/RetailExe/1.0

Both produce the same result.  One core on my processor goes to 99%, and it just
sits there.

> 
> 16601 wasted    20   0 3619m  13m 8056 R   56  0.3   0:49.98 CNC3.exe
> 16604 wasted    20   0  5332 2688  628 S   44  0.1   0:38.80 wineserver
> 

But they both have semi-high CPU percentages.

Apply patches 1.2 - 1.9, and the no-cd patch appeared to work.

Thanks for your help.