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Warcraft III Registry Fixer.

08-24-2005, 11:01 AM#1
Nantuko Husk
Well after 1 hour of hard work

i made this lil tool. It was needed for me! i formatted my pc but i had warcaft on my other hdd and i was lazy to install so i made this (it took me more time than installing would)


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~Warcraft III Registry Fixer~

Warcraft III Registry Fixer is a program that fixes several registry entries that warcraft
uses.
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If you have copied your warcraft III files instead of installing them,the game does not
create some registry entries which are needed.

So what if they are not created?

1) you can't upgrade to a newer version.
2) the world editor cannot open maps just by double-clicking them.


This little tool will work both for Roc and Tft.

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Why do i need to indicate the War3.mpq file?

To locate the directory of warcraft,see how.

C:\Program Files\Warcraft III\War3.mpq

this could be an example of the location of the mpq.

so i delete from it the last 9 characters and i get

C:\Program Files\Warcraft III

which is the directory of warcraft. then i add this directory plus some other strings to
the system registry.

and here are some screens.

1)here i delete my registry entries



2)Now cant upgrade


3)Indicate War3.mpq and run tool


4)Results ( i know i am dumb by hiding the directory but it is a very stange location)



Has source too,to see how to play with windows registry in delphi.

*Download Link*
08-24-2005, 07:38 PM#2
HexenLordX
Last time I checked, you don't need to the registry to play Wc3..

I've reinstalled Windows and wiped my registry 3 times since I've had wc3 and I've never reinstalled it. When I put the CD in the Auto-Run will tell me I need to reinstall, but as long as I click the icon on the desktop it'll let me play.
08-25-2005, 09:26 AM#3
Nantuko Husk
You can play the game without the registry entries.

But you cant upgrade to a newer version. Since blizzard's patch checks the registry. if it doesnt find some entries gives error.

Also this fixes the editor's paths. so you can still open the maps by double clicking them.

and all these in case you didnt install the game from the cd.
08-29-2005, 11:42 AM#4
PitzerMike
Additionally the registry keys are needed for MPQDraft patches to work (fex. UMSWE and WEU need them)
Good work.
10-01-2005, 12:41 PM#5
d-hunter_
Thank you for making this