Warcraft 3 Problems

[pope nashty]

i've tried that. this is annoying. i really want to play. anyways, i've tried something else. i've downloaded the game from the blizzard account store and when it finishes it doesnt do anything. so i go into the folder it created and double click the installer. a w3 menu comes up and says play frozen throne. so of course i click it and the menu disappears then just comes right back up. is there something i;m doing wrong? please help. thank you

 

[ZeratuelX]

Hmm, at this point I would suggest contacting Blizzard, after all you paid for their support.

Blizzard Support - Warcraft 3 Email Form

 

[pope nashty]

yea thats what i was planning on doing if i couldnt get some help here. thanks for all the suggestions and stuff though, i appreciate it

 

[ZeratuelX]

Your welcome, sorry we couldn't help you more.

 

[bisforbrandon]

Just tried to install via Administrator mode but no success :[. Still stuck in same area any other suggestions?

 

[bisforbrandon]

so basically Blizzard said they do not support vista-64bit so they can't really help. -_- so many people have gotten the same error as me i just don't understand how they fixed it :[

 

[ZeratuelX]

I found this on atomicmpc.com, you may want to try this:

well i just went to the eb sale before and thought i'd pick up wc3 + the wc:FT expansion since my bro also plays (cd key conflict!)

anyway, i have vista ultimate and couldn't get it to install, but i found a fix after quite abit of searching.

1) Go to Start > Run > type regedit
2) Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Folders"

if there is no string in there called "Programs" put that in with the value:

C:\\Users\\%USERNAME%\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs

and you can get the installation to work, game works fine too.

this may work for other games with the same problem. thought i'd post it up incase some had the same issue...

 

[bisforbrandon]

Im trying that method now but is it possible to put my wc3 folder on my working computer and drag and drop it onto a portable hard drive and then put it on my laptop?

 

[bisforbrandon]

Ok my wc3 works thanks for the help :] I used a portable hard drive to just move the files over from my old to my new and it works fine.

 

[ZeratuelX]

Glad that worked for you.

 

[solaaris]

my problem is kinda like this but when i go to install WCIII:RoC it gets to the install screen and i press the install button and then nothing then it says the program is not responding, i have tried a few different things including: updating directX, messing with the regedit stuff the programs string was already there

i just cant figure out why its messing up its a clean disk works fine on my other comp which is running XP

i have also tried to go into the disk and run as admin and compatability but when i go in the right click the say not responding and windows explore closes.

any help would be nice thanks.

 

[knw09slay]

I found this on atomicmpc.com, you may want to try this:

well i just went to the eb sale before and thought i'd pick up wc3 + the wc:FT expansion since my bro also plays (cd key conflict!)

anyway, i have vista ultimate and couldn't get it to install, but i found a fix after quite abit of searching.

1) Go to Start > Run > type regedit
2) Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Folders"

if there is no string in there called "Programs" put that in with the value:

C:\\Users\\%USERNAME%\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs

and you can get the installation to work, game works fine too.

this may work for other games with the same problem. thought i'd post it up incase some had the same issue...

i tried this but.... after installing... when i open the game... the monitor adjust 3-4 times then returned to desktop...

I have Vista Home Premium 32bit Sp1 Build 6001

 

[knw09slay]

I found this on atomicmpc.com, you may want to try this:

well i just went to the eb sale before and thought i'd pick up wc3 + the wc:FT expansion since my bro also plays (cd key conflict!)

anyway, i have vista ultimate and couldn't get it to install, but i found a fix after quite abit of searching.

1) Go to Start > Run > type regedit
2) Navigate to "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Explorer\Shell Folders"

if there is no string in there called "Programs" put that in with the value:

C:\\Users\\%USERNAME%\\AppData\\Roaming\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs

and you can get the installation to work, game works fine too.

this may work for other games with the same problem. thought i'd post it up incase some had the same issue...

i tried this but.... after installing... when i open the game... the monitor adjust 3-4 times then returned to desktop...

I have Vista Home Premium 32bit Sp1 Build 6001