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14th Aug 2011 at 10:30 PM
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There are a lot of uses for the command prompt- just because you don't know how to use it doesn't mean it's going to wreck your PC.
If you would read the article we have about making an executable large address aware, you'll see that we have links to several solutions- and that you only need to use the command prompt on 32 bit systems to switch the userva.
As the CAW exe is only able to use up to 2GB RAM, many have found this very useful- and for the game exes too, before they were patched to be LAA by EA. Modifying the executable is a specific solution to a specific error, if you aren't getting the error regarding illegal memory access then I wouldn't recommend it for you, anyway.
I have no idea what troubleshooting tutorial you are referring to, if it has been removed then it's likely that we have a similar tutorial already available- we have tutorials on improving game performance as well as cleaning up a PC. I would be wary to recommend registry cleaners, as a third party program has no business in the registry. Unless you can see specifically what they are cleaning and understand the implications of that, you should not use them. And if you don't know how to use a command prompt then likely you shouldn't allow a third party program edit your registry, anyway.
Jordan09, did you get yours working yet?