Command and conquer 3 Kane's Wrath crack don't work

[xlaodl]

hi i downloaded the cnc3 kane's wrath crack but it won't work
the file comes as a DAT file but i managed to change it to a EXE file so it becomes like the normal cnc3 kane's wrath launcher but when i launch the game , this keeps coming out



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Game Crash

<<<DID YOU REMEMBER TO BUILD DATA??? >>>

You might have build the wrong LOD level!

Can't open stream data/mapmetadata.manifest
7addresses:
(unknown)(0): cnc3epi1.exe+36406 Debug::PreStaticInit+2306
(unknown)(0): cnc3epi1.exe+4607701 Debug::PostStaticInit+4568772
(unknown)(0): cnc3epi1.ex+4608746 Debug::PostStaticInit+4569817
(unknown)(0): cnc3epi1.exe+1559504 Debug::PostStaticInit+1520575
(unknown)(0): cnc3epi1.exe+1549783 Debug::PostStaticInit+1510854
(unknown)(0): cnc3epi1.exe+41156 Debug::PostStaticInit+2227
(unknown)(0): kernel32.dll+94167 (unknown)

Because of the severity of this error the game will now exit

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so can anyone tell me what to do??

[wolfsrain]

The dat file replaces the one in the Retail.exe folder. You can find that folder exactly in the game installation folder.