RULES.INI Extractor

RULES.INI Extractor is as lightweight and portable software application designed with a single goal in mind: to extract the Rules.INI file from the Red Alert 1 or Red Alert 2 video game, in order to modify it.

It does not comprise complicated options or configuration parameters, so it can be be handled by all types of users, even the ones with little or no previous experience in computer software.

Since installation is not a prerequisite, you can drop the executable file to any location on the hard disk and just click it to run.

There is also the possibility of saving RULES.INI Extractor to a USB flash disk or similar storage unit, in order to run it on any computer with minimum effort and no previous experience.

What's important to take into account is that the Windows registry does not get updated with new entries, and no additional files are created on the disk, apart from the Rules.INI file.

The interface is represented by a very small window with a plain and simple layout, where the "what you see is what you get" principle clearly applies, since there are no other options available, aside from the ones visible in the main frame.

Once you specify the location of the Red Alert 1 or 2 installation directory, you can pick the game version and click a button to extract it, after specifying the saving folder.

The app carries out an extraction job rapidly while running on low CPU and RAM, so its impact on computer performance is barely noticeable. We have not come across any issues in our testing, as the app did not hang, crash or display error dialogs. RULES.INI Extractor serves its purpose.