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Could not start war3.exe
« on: June 02, 2020, 18:32 »
Hello

first time installed, trying to start, getting this message

"Could not start War3.exe!.Make sure the loader is in your Warcraft 3 install directory."

I guess thats the "w3l.exe" which IS in my install directory

please advise how to fix

thank you

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Re: Could not start war3.exe
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2020, 19:11 »
Blind shot:
Probably, you mixed directories of 1.26 and 1.28.5 versions in xpam client
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Re: Could not start war3.exe
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2020, 20:14 »

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Re: Could not start war3.exe
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2020, 20:40 »

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Re: Could not start war3.exe
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2020, 20:55 »
It's so he understands where the stuff is.
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