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World of Warcraft Error.

Stanley RichardsOP
#1
I downloaded and installed the trial for WoW. But when I tried to auto-patch it, it gave me this "Launcher requires write permissions from ____ directory to successfully patch the game. Please enable write access to the directory using an administrative account. Thing is, I'm not sure how to do that. I'm an administrator. And my directory is C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft Trial.Any ideas?
Loonylion
#2
navigate to the folder, go into properties and unset read only.Also if you've got UAC turn it down or off.
Stanley RichardsOP
#3

Replying to #2

Now it says I need permissions even though I am an Administrator.
Loonylion
#4
set the permissions then, its on the security tab of properties.
Stanley RichardsOP
#5
I've been messing around a bit. May I know which to edit? I see like 2 administrators and two OWNERS
Loonylion
#6
administrator is the administrator account, administrators is a group, I'm guessing your on a named account (not 'administrator') in the administrators group, so you want the group permissions set to write. Also make sure creator owner has write perms as well.
Stanley RichardsOP
#7
I can't tell the difference.Administrators (User-PC\Administrators)andAdministrators (User-PC\Administrators)
Loonylion
#8
creator owner should have full permissions
Stanley RichardsOP
#9
I checked allow everything
Loonylion
#10
it says creator owner has special permissions, not full control.
Stanley RichardsOP
#11
Okay... Apparently, I'm able to change one, but not the other. Their like semi-transparent.
Stanley RichardsOP
#12
Oh NOW I see what happened. Halfway during the update, I got a message saying that Windows blocked something from the updater. Now I can't open the updater...
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