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WoW and Windows 7

Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
edited April 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
So I just installed WoW and patched it up and now the game will not run, I am the blizzard repair tool and it said I may not have permission to write to the file path. What do I have to do to fix this? I am on an administrator account and from what I can tell I do have those permissions.

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    What folder did you install it into?

    I remember it warning me that I should put it in /users/public/games/ to prevent permissions errors.

    Been running it on Windows 7 just fine for a while now, 64-bit version.

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    I installed it right into the c drive, should I move it all to that one?

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  • Fizban140Fizban140 Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    Thanks I got it to work.

    Ehh now I am stuck at the patch screen with the patch notes with a message at the bottom flashing that reads "Waiting for files to close.."

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  • ApexMirageApexMirage Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    open your task manager and make sure the wow process is closed properly, I used to have a problem where I'd have to manually kill it everytime.

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  • Captain VashCaptain Vash Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I don't mean to highjack the thread, but my power supply fan seems to kick it up into over drive when I leave my computer on for more than a few hours now that I've installed windows 7...
    is there some heat or power management that I'm not paying attention too here?

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  • ShadowfireShadowfire Vermont, in the middle of nowhereRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Jasconius wrote: »
    What folder did you install it into?

    I remember it warning me that I should put it in /users/public/games/ to prevent permissions errors.

    Been running it on Windows 7 just fine for a while now, 64-bit version.

    Interesting. We backed up the WoW folder from my wife's old computer (XP), and just copied it to her new one (running Windows 7), and it worked fine. Maybe that is just for installing?

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