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If you’ve just installed Red Alert 3 on Windows 7 then you may be presented with a simple black screen on startup, that just freezes there.

1. Navigate to the Data folder, ie. C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Red Alert 3\Data
2. Rename the Movies folder to “Movies.renamed”
3. Start up the game
4. Set your resolution to the same as your desktop
5. Apply the settings and quit the game
6. Rename the Movies directory back to “Movies”
7. Start up the game and it should work

YMMV.

Out of the box, Battlefield 2 doesn’t support widescreen resolutions. However it does support setting the resolution on the command-line.

Modify the shortcut to add +szx and +szy resolution parameters,

“C:\Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe” +menu 1 +fullscreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050

It also works with 1920×1200 resolution.

In order to play the epic game Age of Mythology, or its expansion in widescreen, just add xres=1680 yres=1050 to the shortcut.

“C:\Games\Age of Mythology\aom.exe” xres=1680 yres=1050

Replace 1680 and 1050 with your own resolution.

EDIT: From comments below:

Find the icon on your desktop you use to load AOM
Right click and choose properties
In the Target field add: -xres=1920 -yres=1200

Should be something like this:

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