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Problem with the wow launcher

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Siniie Posted messages 28 Status Member -  
 MinouSh -
Hello,

I installed the "Wrath of the Lich King" extension without any problem. But when I want to launch WoW, a message appears: the launcher must have write permission in the World of Warcraft directory to locate and run the game. Please grant write access to this directory with an administrator account.
I tried the repair program but it doesn't work.
After running the repair program, another message appears: launcher.exe is not a valid Win32 application. And on top of all that, I can't uninstall it.

18 answers

  1. Scorpion
     
    yop, I had the same problem, I went into the wow folder, made a new folder and put wow, burning crusade and the launcher in it. And strangely, it's working... ++
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    1. Siniie
       
      I deleted all the wow files and reinstalled it. Since then, I have no more problems.
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  2. hugal
     
    Why does it say problem solved? Shitty site.
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  3. athena223 Posted messages 14406 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 807
     
    Hello,

    Okay, let's start from the beginning.

    You're booting WoW from a shortcut on your desktop, but you've tested with the one in the WoW folder.

    So, what OS is your PC running? Windows 7? XP?
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    1. lepetitmartel44 Posted messages 15 Status Member
       
      me, mine is on Vista and I have the same problem
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  4. fxtaa Posted messages 1050 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   74
     
    Salut, essaie de faire un clic droit et de choisir "Exécuter en tant qu'administrateur" sur le lanceur.
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  6. Siniie Posted messages 28 Status Member 1
     
    It's not working, I'm still getting the same message that the application is not valid.
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  7. fxtaa Posted messages 1050 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   74
     
    Have you tried launching WoW not with launcher.exe but with wow.exe?
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  8. Siniie Posted messages 28 Status Member 1
     
    No, I haven't tried. How do I do that?
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  9. fxtaa Posted messages 1050 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   74
     
    you go to c:program files/worldofwarcraft and you double-click on wow.exe
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  10. Siniie Posted messages 28 Status Member 1
     
    I can play, but now I have another problem. I need to update, but it's not working, and I still don't know how to uninstall the game.
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  11. fxtaa Posted messages 1050 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   74
     
    Hi, what do you mean by "it doesn't work"?
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  12. Siniie Posted messages 28 Status Member 1
     
    It automatically restarts every time I want to launch the game. But I uninstalled everything and reinstalled correctly, and for now it works. Thanks anyway for your help :)
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  13. GuiG
     
    I really tried everything I could but it never works.

    Could you help me?

    GuiG
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  14. fxtaa Posted messages 1050 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   74
     
    same question as for sinie. What do you mean by it never works?
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  15. GuiG
     
    I'm arriving, I put Wrath of the Lich King in my drive and when I try to launch WoW, the message keeps telling me that it can't open launcher.exe. After that, I check in my documents and the file is there. Then I tried several times to repair it, but at 13 out of 13 the bar stops moving.
    So I would like to know how to make WoW open the Launcher.exe.
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  16. fxtaa Posted messages 1050 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   74
     
    Have you tried launching the game directly via wow.exe?
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    1. MinouSh
       
      How did you find wow.exe?
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  17. hbvj
     
    Hello, I have the same problem and it's impossible to delete or uninstall, I'm using Windows 7.
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    1. Siniie
       
      I deleted all the files related to WoW and I was able to reinstall it, and since then I've had no problems.
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    2. Mickyway59
       
      Have you at least tried running WoW as an administrator by right-clicking on the launcher icon?^^
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    3. BooW-Alan_Hoper
       
      I'm going to try reinstalling The Lich King again since I'm having the same problem =D
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    4. dark
       
      Hello, I've been having a problem with the launcher for 2 weeks. I've done almost everything, reinstalled it but nothing works. It started since I got versions 2 and 3 of WoW. It tells me that the launcher needs write permissions, but I give them to it. Can you help me, please?
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    5. Wow-life
       
      I have the same problem, something with writing.. I right-click and run as "administrator" and nothing works. It messes up since I installed Lich King..
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  18. yvy026
     
    I have the same problem as you and I have Windows 7.
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  19. Phoenix9
     
    Good evening
    I have the same problem as above, it asks me for write permission but I've searched the internet and nothing works, I don't understand and can't get it started! please help meee! ='(
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