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Normally when I know there's a patch, I delete my links for Interface, data, and cache. I then log onto Acc#1 of 5 and let the patch run. I then copy the WoW exe to wow#2-5 and then link int, dat, cache to the same folders. Tonight for some strange reason I'm not able to do what I've done in the past. Any others?
The patch is a tools patch, according to Support on the WoW forums. So look for other files (like the Repair system) that may have changed.
I still can't believe that someone approved ANY patch to go out at prime-time on a Monday night...
Tools patch? Does this mean you only get it if you are a tool?
I cant get past the exe file, buttons are missing. WTF.
Dammit, I am not going to get it!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Coltimar
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...&pageNo=14#278
Solutions post from a blue. Running as an admin worked for me.
P.S. These aren't the most insightful solutions and you've most likely tried them. But i thought I would post in case anyone hadn't tried them.
Here the absolute easiest way to patch for users on Vista or Win 7.
Step 1) Run one wow let it patch
Step 2) Open the following folder:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Blizzard Entertainment\World of Warcraft
Step 2.5) Sort by Date Modified
Find all files created on current patch date
Usually 2 files an mpq file and an exe.
Step 3) Copy said files to:
C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft aka root WoW folder for each client. This is the same place you could find each WoW.exe and Launcher.exe file.
Step 4) Run the downloaded and now freshly copied .exe file you just put in the folder.
Do this for each folder you have for WoW
Step 5) Play game
yup that's it it's really that simple. If you have files symlinked this still works just fine and simply means you have to copy the downloaded content fewer times. I personally run 5 completely separate folders for WoW and have never had this fail on me. The reason you can't run the update normally for each one is a registry key that is exclusive and always tries to update only the last location WoW.exe was installed in or run from.
I copied just two files to each directory and had no issue, wow.exe and some other file (cant remember name of it). When I sorted by date modified only one file had been changed, weird.
The problem I had is that the patch would not apply. Running as Admin did fix mine, but some people weren't so lucky. I read all sorts of weird things people were desperately trying last night, at raid time.
There was actually a blue post about running multiple clients on one machine. I thought it was kind of cool they mentioned something to help multiboxers directly.