Warcraft 3 and Windows 7
Warcraft 3 does not work out of the box for Windows 7 (RC). If you attempt to connect to Battle.net (perhaps only if an update is required), you will get a message that says
There was an error writing to your hard drive while trying to download a file from Battle.net. You may need to free some space. Please check your hard drive and try again.
Obviously, I have hard drive space free. The issue is that Warcraft 3 needs to write to the Program Files directory, and it doesn’t have privileges to do so. To fix this, do the following:
- Open up your Warcraft 3 directory
- Right click on Frozen Throne (or Warcraft III if you’re playing Reign of Chaos) and go to Properties
- Go to the Compatibility tab, and under Privilege Level, check “Run this program as an administrator”. Click OK.
And that’s it. Open up Frozen Throne and you will be prompted with the beloved “Are you sure you want to do this” retardation. After allowing access, the game will be able to update and play.
(Shaman) Said,
December 6, 2009 @ 4:40 pm
I have tried to play warcraft 3 on my new computer (which has windows 7) and this is the message i get when i try to connect to battle.net:
“Unable to connect to Battle.net.
You may be trying to connect to an invalid Battle.net server. If you are using a modem, you may need to manually connect to the Internet before connecting to Battle.Net”
antonio Said,
December 24, 2009 @ 4:57 pm
I tried this with my laptop(which i intaled windows 7 on to) and when i open it up they little screen stays there and then it says to download latest version of dirict which i have doen many times and it still doesnt work help!!!
Raybdbomb Said,
December 24, 2009 @ 6:31 pm
Read the post…
OmG.. Said,
January 31, 2010 @ 12:34 pm
I use laptop to and it stand that i need the newest directx and i srsly done it over 100 times, and also stands that i need to put wc3 in the cd driver and presss retry… can someone help plz?
Me Said,
February 2, 2010 @ 8:52 pm
Dude… I’d seriously want to help, if you just learned how to spell
hellllp Said,
July 25, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
where do i find the directory????
Drastil Said,
February 1, 2012 @ 5:44 pm
I installed Warcraft 3 on Windows 7 about a week ago, and the program immediately closes/crashes after it opens. I’ve tried what people have said with changing the compatibility options and it doesn’t help. Anyone have any other suggestions? Thanks.
Daniel Said,
March 13, 2012 @ 10:46 am
I have the same as drastil said i have the same problem…nothing id working…