> No he is right. There can obviously only be one ra2.exe in the game directory.
> The no-cd patch comes with one, which replaces the original ra2.exe with one which doesn't require the cd in the drive to play.
> Your RA2 User patch contains a replacement to the original ra2.exe which still requires the CD (I assume, I haven't bothered to use it, I've only downloaded it). So Drugieuk can either have the no-cd patch, or your patch, he cannot have both. There is no error message, it is simply a question of which one he wants to use.

My ra2.exe just starts game.exe and does nothing more. You can start game.exe directly yourself. Just use the ra2.exe from the crack.