Warcraft 3 Problems

[Orex]

Ok, I saw some of the other threads but they don't workout with mine.

So here is my issue. I am able to install Reign Of Chaos fine and without issue. I can play it afterwards and everything.

But then I try to install The Frozen Throne and it stops about 3 quarters way. I stop the install, and try to install again and it tells me to "first install Reign of Chaos"....keeping in mind I had already done that. I go try to play Reign of Chaos and its telling me this: First off War3.ExE- Unable to Locate.

Then it shows me this message: This Application has failed to start because mss32.dll was not found. Re-Installing the Application may fix this problem.

I reinstalled it twice, and tried The Frozen Throne twice....with no luck. yes I have tried run as admin before installing The Frozen Throne but thats not working either.

I really hope someone here can help me out.....

Thanks...

Oh, my specs are : Windows Vista Home Premium
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz
Nivida GeForce 8700M GT

 

[Brian the King]

This is a really weak suggestion.. but is Reign of Chaos updated to the newest version before you try and do Frozen Throne?

 

[Orex]

Attempted that before even coming here, and no, did not help. Like I said, I am not sure whats wrong.

I look at history here and I notice someone had posted the same problem I have had. Although the reply posts didn't really help him...so really can't help me.

They had suggested it was the CD's but my CD's are both is very good condition, especially the Frozen Throne CD.

So I am guessing Vista is acting up with something....

 

[Fumz]

Not sure if this will help, but I would go to Add/Remove programs and uninstall the game(s). Then go to the Control Panel/Appearance and Personalization/Folder Options. Select the View tab and then check 'Show hidden files and folders'.

Then hit the start button and go to your user name folder. You'll now see a folder called App Data. Look in the Roaming folder for any folders that were created by the game; delete them. There "might" be a game folder in LocalLow, but I can't recall from when I had to clear one of these files out? Check anyway.

Then do a disk cleanup and in the other options page choose to delete all but your latest restore point.

I am not exactly sure how this works yet, but it's my understanding that Vista keeps what its calling a Shadow Copy of everything you install. If you've re-installed the game you may notice in the game icon's property sheet previous versions tab that you do indeed have a previous version. I pulled clumps of hair out trying to figure out how to get rid of that previous version because it was apparently causing re-install failure.

Hopefully someone with a much greater understanding of Shadow Copies will come in and clear this up. If you're worried about losing your restore points (because they're tied to shadow copies), then I'd wait for a Guru.

 

[Orex]

I didn't fail in reinstalling Reign of Chaos. But every time I tried to install The Frozen Throne then it would stop about 3 quarters way then Reign of Chaos, which was working fine before, needs to be reinstalled.

 

[Fumz]

I understood all that the first time. I said what I did under the assumption that The Frozen Throne was an expansion to Reign of Chaos. In short, without Chaos, you can't play Throne, right?

Because Throne uses some Chaos files, it somehow messed up your Chaos install.

it tells me to "first install Reign of Chaos"....keeping in mind I had already done that. I go try to play Reign of Chaos and its telling me this: First off War3.ExE- Unable to Locate.

Then it shows me this message: This Application has failed to start because mss32.dll was not found. Re-Installing the Application may fix this problem.

In order to start over from scratch you need to do more than just uninstall the game(s) because Vista keeps a shadow copy of all previous installs. This means that it's possibly keeping a shadow copy of a messed up install which is what's preventing you from getting Throne installed right and preventing you from now playing Chaos.

I don't know for sure if this is your issue, but something similar happened with a 1942 expansion pack and that's how I resolved it.

 

[ZeratuelX]

First of all, mss32.dll is a winamp file, here is the description provided by Uniblue:

mss32.dll is a module for the Miles Sound System Library used by WinAmp and other multimedia applications for audio playback and sound effects.

I don't have winamp installed and it works fine for me, I am placing my bets that winamp is the problem. It most likely is messing with your audio driver. Uninstall winamp and try it again.

+Rep me if I helped

ZeratuelX

 

[Fumz]

mss32.dll is not a WinAmp file. WinAmp uses mss32.dll, but so do other audio players, and so do some games, as is the case here.

There's another thread here with a missing mss32.dll: http://www.vistax64.com/vista-games/110905-call-duty-4-mss32-dll-not-valid-x64-program.html

The user solved his problem by updating DirectX: http://www.vistax64.com/gaming/162064-latest-directx-update.html and by patching to the latest version of the game.

Microsoft has two entries on mss32.dll. One says to turn off WinAmp while playing the game (this doesn't apply), the other says to copy mss32.dll from your system folder to the game folder: You may receive a critical DLL error message when you start Dungeon Siege II However, I see no such file in my System, System32 or SysWOW64 folders?

 

[ZeratuelX]

If it only uses it, then it must be installed by another program? Most missing dll errors are probably corrected by DirectX updates, as Fumz stated. If you need the dll though, try this link: mss32.dll - Filefront.com

Heres a virus scan:

File: Mss32.dll
Status: OK
MD5: c5aca43b0598bf4ff897ea606d9dccea
Packers detected: -

Scanner results
Scan taken on 15 Aug 2008 21:16:43 (GMT)
A-Squared
Found nothing
AntiVir
Found nothing
ArcaVir
Found nothing
Avast
Found nothing
AVG Antivirus
Found nothing
BitDefender
Found nothing
ClamAV
Found nothing
CPsecure
Found nothing
Dr.Web
Found nothing
F-Prot Antivirus
Found nothing
F-Secure Anti-Virus
Found nothing
Fortinet
Found nothing
Ikarus
Found nothing
Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Found nothing
NOD32
Found nothing
Norman Virus Control
Found nothing
Panda Antivirus
Found nothing
Sophos Antivirus
Found nothing
VirusBuster
Found nothing
VBA32
Found nothing

 

[Orex]

I appreciate the help guys! I will be sure to test this out. Hopefully i will be playing The Frozen Throne before long.

 

[johngalt]

provided that is the correct version of the file you need....

I mean, there is no information on the file itself other than version 3.0.0.0

 

[ZeratuelX]

I just found that one, I'll upload mine if you need it, as I also have Vista Home Premium.

 

[pope nashty]

ok i'm not the brightest when it comes to computers. i read all replies and was confused. so what should i do so i can install frozen throne

 

[ZeratuelX]

Hello pope nashty,

You should be able to install Warcraft III fine, but you may receive and error when you play it. If you get the same error the other guy is getting, then download the .dll I linked to.

 

[pope nashty]

well my problem is installing frozen throne. it gets about half way and just freezes.

 

[ZeratuelX]

Can you give us a screenshot? (Including any errors or warnings that might have popped up)

 

[pope nashty]

no errors, just froze here

 

[bisforbrandon]

so im also getting the same error and i have been trying some of the stuff explained in this thread. I just tried updating directx maybe it will work after this reinstall (crosses fingers).

 

[pope nashty]

well please keep me updated if anything works and i will do the same

 

[ZeratuelX]

Try going inside the disk and running the installer in Admin mode and Compatibility mode.