Somehow, they managed to fix the problem. Just edit the shortcut application's properties and in the "Target" box in the 'shortcut' tab, look for 'launcher.exe' at the end of the address line and change it to 'alone4.exe', then save the changes and copy the shortcut application to the desktop and doubleclick on it. It will work! Enjoy the game!
Wow! Heart of China AND Rise of the Dragon are both up for sale. Thank you so much. I missed playing these games since the late 90's when the computers became too fast to run them at the time (since DOS Box and the fiddling around to make them work properly hadn't come out then). Thanks again for this. Now, how about "Blade Runner" and "Heart of Darkness"? I'd love to see them released too!