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Dracast
Launcher requires write permissionSun, 26. Dec. 2010 19:12 GMT

I just installed Wrath of The Lich King, when I try to run the launcher this error message shows up:
This is the error: "Launcher requires write permission to the World of Warcraft Registry key to successfully locate and rune the game. Please enable write access to the Registry key using an administrator account"

I'm already on a administrator account, and I've tried to run it as admin. I've also seen if the World of Warcraft folder was Read-only, and I changed it but it keeps changing it to Read Only.

Anyone knows how to fix it?

Thank you.
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Aennorai
Launcher requires write permissionSun, 26. Dec. 2010 19:12 GMT

Can you make sure your user account has administrator permissions, and that you're running the launcher in administrator mode (Windows Vista/7)?

1. Right-click the World of Warcraft icon on your desktop (or Windows start menu) and left-click 'Open file location'.
2. In the folder that appears, right-click the Launcher.exe file and left-click Properties
3. On the new window, click the Compatibility tab
4. Tick the option that reads 'Run this program as an administrator'
5. Click OK to save the change

Repeat the process for WoW.exe in the same folder.
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Grortflax
Launcher requires write permissionSun, 13. Feb. 2011 19:02 GMT

If running as Admin does not work you will likely need to completely reinstall the game client.

This error often occurs after an attempt to install Wrath of the Lich King or Burning Crusade from the DVD over the top of a fully patched (4.0.1+) World of Warcraft client.

You do not need to install the expansion data in this manner once patched up to date, the client should stream the missing data automatically.
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Aennorai
Launcher requires write permissionSat, 25. Jun. 2011 20:06 GMT

25/06/2011 22:31Posted by Lynexus
just installed Burning Crusade over the Cataclysm patch

The Burning Crusade disks contain a much older version of the game client. The release of Cataclysm changed the client drastically, and unfortunately installing from pre-Cataclysm disks on top of a fully patched client corrupts the installation; the only way to resolve this is a full re-install. =/

Nowadays, all you need to do is install the client once, from any media. Any expansion content and subsequent patches will be automatically downloaded or streamed in as needed, depending on the box level of the account you log in with.

If you have any further issues please open a thread of your own; I will be locking this as it is very old.
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