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   LiquidT
   Member

   Recently I got a virus and the usual thing that I'd have to do is reformat my computer. So i decided to use the Vista service pack since my xp one didn't work. I restored all my programs that i needed but when i got to install Warcraft, it didn't work. I installed it but it didn't work. It said that I need DirectX 8.1 or higher to run it. The Warcraft installer had a DirectX 8.1 installer but it seem to be unclickable so i found another way. I searched it up and got the DirectX installer and installed it but everytime I did, it would always say that it was installed improperly. But whats there to installing something? How do you stuff up? So i had to uninstall it. I reattempted it and now there was no box that said it was installed incorrectly but when i tried running Warcraft (that i previously install) it said that I need DirectX 8.1 again.

   What should i do?

   Posted 15 years ago #
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   mistymage
   Member

   Any time we have re-installed due to a new pc or reformatting.. it was a pain. Mainly the re-patching cos we didn't have all the patches burned to disk (why wait a bazillion hours to redownload? Time to burn some new disks with the new patch coming out /sigh).

   You might get more WoW help by asking at the WoW forums: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/board.html?forumId=11110

   I would do a search first to see if this issue has come up before... then if you don't see anything relevant, post a query.

   Posted 15 years ago #
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   wizzard_of_ozz2004
   Games Master

   The above link may not work for liquidt, misty, because he is asking about warcraft: orcs and humans. This was a dos game from the 90's. you may need to do a clean install of dosbox and warcraft again liquid. hopefully that helps you because I'm not sure what else you'd have to do.

   Posted 15 years ago #
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   LiquidT
   Member

   hmmm . . . thanks for the help but whats a dosbox?

   Posted 15 years ago #
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   Txnnok
   Member

   Vista comes with DirectX 10. You shouldn't have installed the 8.1 version. I'm not sure about dosbox. I have warcraft, but haven't played it in years. I did install Diablo for kicks awhile back,but I don't remember using a dos emulator.

   I bet your compatibility features need to be changed. Right click on it after the install, select properities. Select run in windows 98 mode or windows 2000 mode in the compatibility tab. You can also try changing the display settings in there to if that doesn't work. Like the 256 colors and the 640x480 box.

   hope this helps,good luck

   Posted 15 years ago #
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   Ashraf
   Member

   Mistymage,

   I am pretty sure LiquidT is talking about Warcraft III ROC/TFT and not WoW.

   I agree with Txnnok. Trying to install DX8.1 is probably what messed up your computer. I reformat my Vista machine a lot and never did I have to manually install DX8.1 to get WC3 to work.

   Posted 15 years ago #

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