I own C&C Generals and C&C Generals: Zero Hour through Origin.

It is totally possible to move the camera with the keyboard's arrow keys in standard Generals but not in Zero Hour. In Zero Hour the arrow keys are used to cycle through your units.

Is there any way, I can change that behaviour to the standard Generals style?

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There is no way to change the hotkeys without any external software. The hotkey files are located inside the ".big" files, that are in your C&C folder.

There is a developer who created a tool called MCCMixer and made a tutorial on YouTube. He explains everything from start to finish. I changed all my hotkeys (including the camera hotkeys, because I don't want them at all - so I disabled them) as I wanted. Here is the link to the Tutorial:

I recommend to create safety copies of the ".big" files you are about to change.

Here's a textual version of the steps posted in the video description:

1. Download XCC Mixer:
2. Install XCC Mixer
3. Start XCC Mixer
4. Browse to Zero Hour root folder
5. Double click LanguageZH.big file
6. Find generals.csf file
7. Right click it and Extract
8. Choose "ZH Root\Data\Language"
9. Save to destination
10. Launch - XCC String Table Editor - Open
11. Select extracted generals.csf, Open
12. Select CONTROLBAR
13. Select line you want to change
14. Click on Edit
15. Put new letter behind "&" Symbol for new shortcut
16. Apply change by clicking OK
17. Save changes to file by clicking OK
18. Start game and test changes

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