How can I run GOG's Empire Earth on my Windows 7 x64 system?

Try enabling some or all of the following options in Compatibility Settings:

• Windows XP compatibility mode
• Run as administrator
• Disable visual themes
• Disable display scaling
• Disable desktop checked

To get to Compatibility Settings, Right-Click the shortcut/program, and Click Properties. Then navigate to the Compatibility tab.

For the record, here are the system requirements for Empire Earth. Your computer should at the very least meet, if not exceed these standards (Although with an old game like Empire Earth, this shouldn't be too hard).

Minimum:

• CPU: Pentium II 333 or equivalent
• RAM: 64 MB RAM
• Video Memory: 4 MB VRAM
• Hard Drive Space: 450 MB
• Mouse: Yes
• Sound Board: Yes
• DirectX: DirectX v8.0

Recommended

• CPU: Pentium III 600 or better
• RAM: 128 MB RAM
• Video Memory: 32 MB VRAM
• Hard Drive Space: 450 MB

I'm not sure what happened, but the problem seems to have mysteriously self-resolved. All of the troubleshooting steps listed above didn't work the first time, but a few days later the game runs fine even without Compatibility Mode. I may have forgotten to reboot somewhere along the way, or something.