fix red alert 2 black screen windows 10 when alt tab

I have the Origen version, and would like to try out the Mental Omega mod after I fix this issue. To foiks who play the game in Win 10, can you guys alt-tab? Did you accept that you have to save the game each time you want to alt-tab, force close the game, re-open the game and load back in later? I would happily play the game in windowed if I don't get fucked whenever I want to do other things on the computer during a play session, but putting '-win' in the origen game settings does not work.

Now I reinstalled the official game for the 4th time and I have ran out of solutions to try lol. I reinstalled the game in between certain attempts in case I accidentally made conflicting configuration settings. They either do nothing or make it even worse (full blackscreen without even alt-tabbing). So, I decided that I'll play the game in windowed mode and youtubed 6~7 videos on editing ini files or extracting different dll/aqrit files etc. I understand that it is due to resolution differences between a 20 yo game vs a modern operating system. Without any modification of game files, the only nuisance (albeit a big one), is alt-tabbing freezes and turns the screen black for 5 seconds, after that the game can no longer be alt-tabbed back into. It seems I have exhausted every method out there.

Hey guys, been struggling with this issue for months, would really appreciate a miraculous solution.

Fix red alert 2 black screen windows 10 when alt tab