greenhorn

I've been out of country for two years away from a computer so when I returned one of my first actions was to buy CMBB special edition from the store because I really enjoyed CMBO. The game installed just fine and it loaded correctly as well. But when I get to the main screen and select "start game," the game crashes and kicks me back out to windows. I tried re-installing and updating my directx to the newest version but all in vain. My system runs CMBO just fine so I doubt it has anything to do with system requirements. Any help or suggestions? You'll be helping a very frustrated gamer. Thankyou!