![]() ![]() *Note* If you have the Wrath of the Lich King DVD available, you can install using this DVD as it will contain the files for the full game installation, and this will reduce the number of patches needed after.Īfter the game is re-installed, please make sure to not reinstall any custom UIs. ![]() Once all previous files have been removed, re-run the installer from the installation CD or downloaded install files to reinstall the game. Once uninstalled, please also remove the remaining World of Warcraft game folder if this has not been done already. (Select and Delete this folder if it exists)Ĭ:\Program Files\Common Files\Blizzard EntertainmentĬ:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Blizzard Entertainment\World of Warcraft\ Some files may be used by other programs and not able to be deleted.) (Delete all files in these folders that you are able to. These folders will normally be located at:Ĭ:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp You may also want to search your hard drive for any Warcraft related files and delete them, including your Temporary folders and the Blizzard Entertainment folder from the common files folder. On Vista, this folder may also have been moved to "C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft". The default location is "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft". If the game is not listed in your Add/Remove Programs, or you receive an error during the uninstallation process, then you will have to manually uninstall the game by deleting the application directory where the program was installed. For Windows Vista, you will have an uninstall/remove option under the "Programs" or "Programs and Features" section. For Windows XP, you will have the add/remove programs option. To do this, first go to the Start/Windows button, click Control Panel, and then double click on Add or Remove Programs. In order to remove World of Warcraft safely from your system, you will need to go into your Control Panel and use Add/Remove Programs. Also, since you are asking about uninstalling the game from a PC: I would recommend posting n the Tech Support forum which deals with mainly Windows related subjects: You are posting in the Mac Support Forums, so to answer your question, this is not a PC area, hehe. Install the Wrath of the Lich King from the DVD or downloaded installer, which will install the original World of Warcraft, Burning Crusade and the Wrath of the Lich King in one take.Īll installers can be downloaded from your account web site (you will need to log into your account): Will install both the original World of Warcraft and Burning Crusade in one take and get you to version 2.3.0 to begin with and you will have less patches to download. ( What is recommend is downloading the Burning Crusade Full Client Installer and patching it, since this Install World of Warcraft from disc(s) then right afterwards install the Burning Crusade from disc(s) or patch to the latest version of the gameĥ. (Downloading will get you the 2.3.0 version which may save you some patching time, if your disc has an older version.)Ħ. Install from disc(s) or download the installer To reinstall the game, please do the following (make sure to check your account type):ĥ. (some files may not appear due to non-use) go to your Macintosh HD => Users => your account => Library => Preferences and delete any files associated with WOW: go to your Macintosh HD => Users => Shared folder and move the Blizzard folder to the Trashģ. go to your Macintosh HD => Applications folder (or wherever you saved the game) and move your World of Warcraft to the TrashĢ. In order to remove World of Warcraft safely from your system, please do the following:ġ. I looked around the WoW folder and could not find an “uninstall” file anywhere… and I don’t know what Mac’s equivalent of “add/remove software” is, so I’m left with a broken install of a game I can’t figure out how to get rid of… ![]() It won’t give me the option to ‘re-install’ the patch, nor will WoW open when I click on the icon, in fact clicking on the icon only causes a little error folder to appear on the desktop.įrustrated with this, I decide to just uninstall World of Warcraft all together and re-install it from scratch. Anyway, I finally reach the last patch of the game and as it is about to finish, there is an error. On top of it, I also had to install the expansion, which took forever. So I just bought a MacBook Pro (I’m not very well versed in using Macs yet, so excuse me) and decided to install World of Warcraft.įor anyone who has this game, I’m sure you know what a ridiculous pain it is to install on a new computer not only does the install take a while, but there are usually three or four patches waiting to be installed that take at least 45 minutes each. ![]()
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