Blue Screen when starting up Command & Conquer 3

It was working fine yesterday, but now when I start the game it bluescreens immediately.
No idea why.

Hi again:
As I have gotten older, I have learned patience!
Look at this article and see if it will allow you to open the CD tray:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=51008
The E-mail should have nothing to do with the CD tray.
By the way, your profile may be wrong - it shows you are running OS X 10.1.x????
Barry

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