Installing Warcraft 3

#1 04-12-2007, 06:52 PM

it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind windows
explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(

#2 04-12-2007, 06:52 PM

Well, I just installed WC3 and the 1.21 patch and it loaded and ran fine.
Though I didn't actually start playing the game, I just went to the Start
Campaign screen.

Though I didn't have to do anything, make sure you right click on the
install.exe and choose run as administrator. You can also right click and
choose properties on install.exe and choose compatibility and tell it to run
as XP:Service pack 2

Should work fine, heck I might even play a little now

"Legacy" <Legacy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind windows
> explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(

#3 04-12-2007, 06:52 PM

Well, I just installed WC3 and the 1.21 patch and it loaded and ran fine.
Though I didn't actually start playing the game, I just went to the Start
Campaign screen.

Though I didn't have to do anything, make sure you right click on the
install.exe and choose run as administrator. You can also right click and
choose properties on install.exe and choose compatibility and tell it to run
as XP:Service pack 2

Should work fine, heck I might even play a little now

"Legacy" <Legacy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5CE42F6D-A02D-46A5-9E78-80DE0B2D4393@microsoft.com...
> it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind windows
> explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(

#4 04-12-2007, 06:52 PM

Dale M. White wrote:
> Well, I just installed WC3 and the 1.21 patch and it loaded and ran
> fine. Though I didn't actually start playing the game, I just went to
> the Start Campaign screen.
>
> Though I didn't have to do anything, make sure you right click on the
> install.exe and choose run as administrator. You can also right click
> and choose properties on install.exe and choose compatibility and tell
> it to run as XP:Service pack 2
>
> Should work fine, heck I might even play a little now
>
>
> "Legacy" <Legacy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5CE42F6D-A02D-46A5-9E78-80DE0B2D4393@microsoft.com...
>> it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind
>> windows
>> explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(
>
Yep works fine with compatibility mode. Well in my machine.

#5 04-12-2007, 06:53 PM

Dale M. White wrote:
> Well, I just installed WC3 and the 1.21 patch and it loaded and ran
> fine. Though I didn't actually start playing the game, I just went to
> the Start Campaign screen.
>
> Though I didn't have to do anything, make sure you right click on the
> install.exe and choose run as administrator. You can also right click
> and choose properties on install.exe and choose compatibility and tell
> it to run as XP:Service pack 2
>
> Should work fine, heck I might even play a little now
>
>
> "Legacy" <Legacy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5CE42F6D-A02D-46A5-9E78-80DE0B2D4393@microsoft.com...
>> it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind
>> windows
>> explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(
>
Yep works fine with compatibility mode. Well in my machine.

#6 04-21-2007, 08:31 PM

I am having a problem Installing warcraft III also, I am getting the error
meassage
"ERROR" no program start menu found" and then it won't install. I tried
running as administrator and also both the XPsp2 and windows 98/me
compatibilty modes and neither worked.

"Legacy" wrote:

> it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind windows
> explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(

#7 04-23-2007, 05:46 AM

Try redownloading the game from Blizzard. I just downloaded their latest
version of the online installer and the game installed flawlessly on my
Vista x64 system.

Tyler Cobb, MCP

"CommanderRyalis" <CommanderRyalis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:B027EEB1-6EEC-4CA1-965C-1CA8FAE3E6AB@microsoft.com...
>I am having a problem Installing warcraft III also, I am getting the error
> meassage
> "ERROR" no program start menu found" and then it won't install. I tried
> running as administrator and also both the XPsp2 and windows 98/me
> compatibilty modes and neither worked.
>
> "Legacy" wrote:
>
>> it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind
>> windows
>> explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(

#8 04-23-2007, 09:31 AM

Redownloading the game? I trying To install it from my CD's.

"Tyler Cobb" wrote:

> Try redownloading the game from Blizzard. I just downloaded their latest
> version of the online installer and the game installed flawlessly on my
> Vista x64 system.
>
> Tyler Cobb, MCP
>
> "CommanderRyalis" <CommanderRyalis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:B027EEB1-6EEC-4CA1-965C-1CA8FAE3E6AB@microsoft.com...
> >I am having a problem Installing warcraft III also, I am getting the error
> > meassage
> > "ERROR" no program start menu found" and then it won't install. I tried
> > running as administrator and also both the XPsp2 and windows 98/me
> > compatibilty modes and neither worked.
> >
> > "Legacy" wrote:
> >
> >> it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind
> >> windows
> >> explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(
>
>

#9 04-24-2007, 07:32 AM

Yes, that's what makes my suggestion a possible solution. It is a completely
different and successfully documented alternative to installing from your
original CDs which use the original, pre-Vista installer on said discs. The
only way to use a newer installer is to download their new online version
and set the game up on your PC across the Internet.

Tyler Cobb, MCP

"CommanderRyalis" <CommanderRyalis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Redownloading the game? I trying To install it from my CD's.

#10 04-24-2007, 07:32 AM

Sorry, ignore that last response. I have been studying too much and sleeping
too little. You're talking about Warcraft 3. I'm sternly arguing about World
of Warcraft and wasting your time. Time for me to unplug for a while and get
some rest. :)

Tyler Cobb, MCP

"CommanderRyalis" <CommanderRyalis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:58C8453D-8EE1-4089-8249-FBB1F76F98F5@microsoft.com...
> Redownloading the game? I trying To install it from my CD's.

#11 04-24-2007, 03:17 PM

Okay I found a solution if anyone else has this problem:
1. Disable UAC (User Account Control) from the user menu in the control panel.
2. Logoff your user account, then log on to an administrator account.
3. Go to the control panel then users, look for your original account you
were trying to install the game from, and then change the account type to
administrator.
4. Logoff or just switch users back to your original account then install!

5. Just remember to go back and make your account limited again, and turn
UAC back on as this will have disabled Internet explorer’s protected mode.

"CommanderRyalis" wrote:

> I am having a problem Installing warcraft III also, I am getting the error
> meassage
> "ERROR" no program start menu found" and then it won't install. I tried
> running as administrator and also both the XPsp2 and windows 98/me
> compatibilty modes and neither worked.
>
> "Legacy" wrote:
>
> > it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind windows
> > explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(

AriAniS · #12 12-18-2007, 10:47 AM

Tried it but i am the administrator ... and it's the only account i have on my computer ... and it doesn't work even if i try to run as administrator or in compatibility mode with windows xp sp2 ... any other suggestions pls ? ps i'm running windows vista ultimate x32

Quote:

Originally Posted by CommanderRyalis

Okay I found a solution if anyone else has this problem:
1. Disable UAC (User Account Control) from the user menu in the control panel.
2. Logoff your user account, then log on to an administrator account.
3. Go to the control panel then users, look for your original account you
were trying to install the game from, and then change the account type to
administrator.
4. Logoff or just switch users back to your original account then install!

5. Just remember to go back and make your account limited again, and turn
UAC back on as this will have disabled Internet explorer’s protected mode.

"CommanderRyalis" wrote:

> I am having a problem Installing warcraft III also, I am getting the error
> meassage
> "ERROR" no program start menu found" and then it won't install. I tried
> running as administrator and also both the XPsp2 and windows 98/me
> compatibilty modes and neither worked.
>
> "Legacy" wrote:
>
> > it wont even load the screen to install the game just keeps sayind windows
> > explorer error and just stays there help please i wanna play online :(

#13 03-23-2008, 01:30 AM

There is a solution to this problem listed on probably ONE page on this
internet. I have used it several times as I've been formatting my HDs.
I can not find it now.

But it is a registry edit that tells Warcraft III the directory to
install the start menu icons.

Very simple and elegant. If I find it I will post it.

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#14 06-03-2008, 10:00 PM

That's the solution I was looking for!! Thanks

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#15 12-08-2008, 06:40 AM

Assuming you don't have a hard disk problem, you might try installing into a
different location. Create c:\games and install WC3 into it, then try the
update process. The reason is that UAC is very testy about what happens in
c:\program files and its possible there is a permissions problem.

Hope that helps!
Mark

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>
> Hello, I run a 32bit vista, and I have problems with WC3. I can install
> Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, but I can't update the patches. I've tried
> downloading and installing it manually from the Blizzard site and also
> through Bnet, but it doesn't work.
>
> This is the error message:
>
> -This is the error message: Blizzard BNUpdate v2.130 compiled on Jun 24
> 2008
> Log created at 10:37 am on 12/06/2008
>
> This patch upgrades Warcraft III Reign of Chaos from the previous
> version.
>
> ERROR: unable to open source archive 'C:\Program Files\Warcraft
> III\war3x.mpq'
>
> RESULT: Patch failed-
>
> I also tried to install Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne, and it gets stuck
> halfway and doesn't continue to read. After that happens, many times it
> will say that it can't read my Reign of Chaos either.
>
> I've been trying all sorts of things for the past 5 days, even
> reinstalling OS Vista, PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
> --
> tuesdae666

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