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Anonymous asked in Games & RecreationVideo & Online Games · 10 years ago

World of Warcraft Patch 4.2 Download Trouble, Help !?

Okay this morning, i tried to log into World of Warcraft, they just installed a new patch and a Buddy of mine was online so I know maintenence was over. When i logged in it said downloading update and it got to 100% when that happened it said "patch required" and had a restart button to download it, so I clicked the button and it flashed a completed download screen for less than a second and nothing else happens after that.

I have tried this several times and the exact same thing keeps happening, so i don't know what to do now ...

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago
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    Try to open the WoW launcher. This way, you are able to run the game. Also try reinstalling the game!

    Good luck!

    Source(s): Experience
  • ?
    10 years ago

    Your friend might have been logged in starcraft II and wasn't online in WoW (The maintenance for today was scheduled for 8+ hours so i really doubt he could log in the morning). To open the launcher you have to find the installation folder of your WoW Client (usually in C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\ ). Double click it and let it update, by now the servers should indeed be up.

    To avoid further complications i'd recommend you to right click the launcher icon and select send to>Desktop so you can always start the game through the launcher.

    If you need to bypass the launcher then in the same folder as launcher.exe, double click WoW.exe (recommended only if you already downloaded the full patch)

    Source(s): Own experience
  • Vinh
    10 years ago

    If People are having troubles loading WoW because when you press the "play" button it does nothing (like mine). Go into your world of warcraft folder and find wow.exe and run as admin and it will bypass the launcher.

  • ?
    10 years ago

    Wellt hey said maintenance was goign to be done at about 11 and its way past that yet when i hit the play button on the launcher nothing else happens...help?

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  • Debbie
    10 years ago

    I have downloaded the patch, and when I press play from the launcher...nothing. Ugh! and I can't bring up Blizz's support page...it remains blank?

  • Ruben
    10 years ago

    have u tried opening the launcher,not the wow itself

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    i am having the same issue.. how do you open just the launcher?

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