Please install Warcraft III before installing The Frozen Throne
Written by Keeyo on September 15th, 2009
You might be asking what does “Please install Warcraft III before installing The Frozen Throne.” means and why am I posting it? Oh well you probably encountered the error message above if you try to install the frozen throne expansion to Warcraft III in Vista.
I got the same error when I try to install the TFT expansion after Reign of Chaos. But I fixed it with a help from nalle from gamerzplanet.net.
Here’s the solution to this problem and modified a little, thanks to nalle.
- First make a register keys.
To do this you need to create a .key file, open notepad then copy and paste the following:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Blizzard Entertainment]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III]
“InstallPath”=”F:\\Warcraft III”
“Program”=”C:\\Warcraft III\\Warcraft III.exe”Then save as .key, e.g. TFTFix.key
- Double click TFFTix.key to merge, or right click then merge. Note: Please be careful with this, if you are unsure what you are doing just add the registry keys to registry editor, this might be safer for you.
- Create 2 files in your windows directory:
-War3Unin.exe
-War3Unin.dat
Those files are allowed to be empty but are REQUIRED!!!
Now try to install Frozen Throne again, the message you should get now is “Install Frozen Throne” or something like that.
This guide involves updating your registry, do at your own risk.
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January 18th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
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February 18th, 2010 at 10:29 pm
I have been searching for help on this matter since 2h and YOUR METHOD HAS WORKED. Smashing the goddamn registtry for 2h, nothing, full reinstall, nothing.
As soon as I have created those two files you recommended it all works
Huge thanks, I owe you one!
February 25th, 2010 at 12:00 am
No worries Mikefield
March 1st, 2010 at 1:08 am
thanks, this solve my issue
April 7th, 2010 at 5:19 am
For me the solution presented by Keeyo it didn’t worked (I added the key manually).
I thought that the problem was because I had Windows 7.
I solved it by registering on battelnet with both cd’s(the serial numbers) and then I downloaded both cd and installed them form the download folder.
So I think that the problem is the version of the cd’s (although the cd’s were from the same distributor bought in the same week from the same distributor).
April 7th, 2010 at 11:17 am
Thanks claudiu for sharing this.
June 25th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
THANK YOU! I knew the problem was some registry key missing but without you I never would have known what to put in there! Lifesaver.
March 14th, 2011 at 9:16 am
How do i find the mail directory to save the files?