From 2e01f234384d9bac85e90c4c52f137361ea0e57b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "seer-by-sentry[bot]"
 <157164994+seer-by-sentry[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2026 22:12:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Enable COM initialization and shutdown in WinMain

---
 Generals/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp   | 4 ++--
 GeneralsMD/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Generals/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp b/Generals/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp
index 3c34a3e81cf..42884f77e66 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ Int APIENTRY WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
 
 
 		// BGC - initialize COM
-	//	OleInitialize(NULL);
+		OleInitialize(NULL);
 
 
 
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ Int APIENTRY WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
 		shutdownMemoryManager();
 
 		// BGC - shut down COM
-	//	OleUninitialize();
+		OleUninitialize();
 	}
 	catch (...)
 	{
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp
index 3277a00b4ff..bea845abc24 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/Main/WinMain.cpp
@@ -930,7 +930,7 @@ Int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
 
 
 		// BGC - initialize COM
-	//	OleInitialize(NULL);
+		OleInitialize(NULL);
 
 
 
@@ -989,7 +989,7 @@ Int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
 		shutdownMemoryManager();
 
 		// BGC - shut down COM
-	//	OleUninitialize();
+		OleUninitialize();
 	}
 	catch (...)
 	{