Unable to change the resolution of the game C&C 3. Playing using the Origin account

[RKushwaha]

When I bought and installed C&C 3 first time it worked fine. Since then, my PC crashed I had to freshly re-install everything. Once I have installed Origin and then downloaded and re-installed C&C 3, I am no longer able to play it at higher resolution settings. It takes a very LONG time for the game to come up... and, it plays only at the 800x600 setting, while my monitor is capable of 1280x1024 (I'm able to select the higher resolution setting, but it does not take and reverts back to 800x600). Please help.

All the video and OS drivers are up-to-date. Running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

Thank you in advance,

Rahul

[Klandri]

What's your specs, and are you using a laptop or a desktop?

[RKushwaha]

It is a desktop. Specs are:

Processor: Intel i7 2600K
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3
RAM: 16GB Corsair with XMP
Video: ASUS Radeon HD 6850 (1024 GDDR5)

Thank you,

Rahul

[Klandri]

Hmm... Your specs are good enough, that's for sure, so it's probably not a hardware problem. If I recall correctly I had a similar problem with Mass Effect 3... I'll look into it but in the meantime I'd suggest reinstalling.

[RKushwaha]

I have re-installed couple times. Same result.

Thank you for trying to help.

Rahul

[Klandri]

Man I suck at this. But I managed to find something on the googles:

The game has native support for widescreen resolutions, just use the video options menu.
To get resolutions such as 1280x768, which isn't supported natively, or any other custom resolution use this method:
First locate your C&C 3 directory(Default: C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars Demo) then right click on the CNC3Demo.exe, create a shortcut anywhere you would like.
Now right click on the shortcut and select properties. The Target box should read:
"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars Demo\CNC3Demo.exe"
Add a space and enter: -xres 1280 -yres 768
Or any custom resolution you would like to use.
Your Target box should now look like this:
"C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars Demo\CNC3Demo.exe" -xres 1280 -yres 768

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or

Most resolutions are supported natively, but some (such as 1280x768) are not. If your preferred resolution is not supported natively, then you'll need to edit options .ini.
For C&C3, it's located here:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\Profiles\<yourName>
Edit Options.ini.
Find this line:
Resolution = xxxx xxx
And edit it to set your resolution.

Does this work?