Hello all,

I think this is my first problem i have encountered since i bought my laptop which is running vista. Ok, maybe it;s been only a few months but still...Also, i wasn;t sure in which section this should have gone, so if i messed up i apologize.

Basically, i installed World of Warcraft and it's expansions and started patching it. When patching from 3.1.0 to 3.1.1, the process kept stoping and 70% then just exit without returning any error in return. So i thought i should run the Repair tool and try again. Only now, when i tried to access WoW.exe i got this error:

"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."

So i came upon this little reg file called Take Ownership, i ran it but nothing has changed. Also, if i: right click wow.exe->properties->compatibility i cannot tick the "Run this program as an administrator" box.



My only options now, are a complete reinstall of the game and patches (but that's just wrong, because there has to be a more logical solution). If anybody has any ideas please let me know. I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks.

It is SOLVED,
Thank you.

Originally Posted by stoneys-nutz

Can you post the fix, it may help others.

I did, but here it is one more time:

UPDATE: Ok, i have found it in the end.
You have to go to My Security Zone->Aplication Activity->Category->Blocked so you can see if the .exe file is there. After that you simply move it to the trusted zone and voila.

Thanks for your time guys.

Thanks, have a good day.