User Interface & Addons

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

camealion — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:57:28 GMT

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If there is a way to make that permanent, then do so.

Yes there is. Here is an easy instructions on how to do so.

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

myrroddin — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:00:11 GMT

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It is in the right folder for Vista.

In that case, sounds like user access priviliges. Find the Wow.exe or Launcher.exe or both, and right click and select "Run as Administrator". If there is a way to make that permanent, then do so.

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

Derrin01 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:02:33 GMT

It is in the right folder for Vista.

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

myrroddin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:26:38 GMT

Derrin, without sitting at your computer and seeing for myself, I would suggest the problem is the Vista/WoW conflict, which is the whole point of this thread. If you are getting can't write to the WTF folder messages, that tells me WoW is not installed in the correct location, and is most likely installed in the Windows XP path. This won't work due to some security changes Microsoft made to Vista.

You have two options. Reinstall WoW, install expansions, then patch to current version, all BEFORE you install any addons. If you get a prompt asking you about moving Warcraft, select yes.

The second option is correct/verify the path it is installed to now, and if need be, move the whole folder to where it is supposed to be – see this thread for details. You do not need to worry about the Registry file, because the only reason WoW has registry links is to point where the shortcut goes. Just create a new shortcut or alter the existing one to the new path.

The short: if WTF can't be written to, then WoW is installed on the wrong path.

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

Derrin01 — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:10:55 GMT

I can not seem to get any add ons to work. And it seems with the steps you gave here I might not be able to. I am running a computer on which I have run WOW before. I quit a while back and started again fresh and anew. For some reason when I log in and select a toon (avatar, AKA character) it gives me an error saying it can not write to the memory. I am using Vista. I have to erase the items in the WTF file (Aptly named if you ask me cause I always ask Why the *Bleep* am I having to erase everything in this file?) just to be able to log in. When I get logged in everything runs great. That is until I want to switch toons or log out and want to play again later.

WOW's Cookie cutter answers "It is your computer." (My computer is running at least twice the recommended or better on everything. With updated drivers. I even downgraded my drivers to see if that would help. No dice)

"It is your internet provider." (I have tried on these connections, High speed cell card; DSL; DSL pro; DSL elite; Cable(Road runner); Road runner Turbo; a T1 and a T3 connection. All have the same effect. Yes I am plugging the computer in not running off wireless.)

But anyway back to my original problem. Having to erase this folder's contents each time will lose my settings and such. Also I am using the curse client to download and install the addons. So another question is do I have to redownload the add-on every time I erase the contents? Or will curse automatically reinstall it for me?

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

myrroddin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:26:54 GMT

Whether or not you have the expansion(s) is irrelevant, as the game version is still 3.0.9 going to 3.10. If you have no Interface folder, then I would think you have the game installed in the wrong path, as the first time you load into the world WoW creates that folder automatically for you, puts an AddOns folder inside that, then populates the AddOns folder with Blizzard addons.

In other words, the first page of this thread still applies to you.

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

banHard — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:00:56 GMT

My problem is that i couldn't install wow with the expansions so i downloaded a installed version of it so it whould work,but there is no inteface folder where i can put addons please help me im with windows XP it tryed with that run ass admin ,but still not working.

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

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Re: addons wotlk, vista, and other misc help thread

greigc99 — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:50:52 GMT

hi can u help me my QH was working fine intil i left a group and the QH stopped showing me where to go for my next quest but if i join a group it show where my friends quests are on the map but not mine?

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

grovefesting — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:50:14 GMT

*Addon 'box', sorry

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

grovefesting — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:49:42 GMT

When i go into wow, the addon bow next to characters list does not appear :(

I've found the correct place to put my addons ( i think ) i.e i followed the path of My Computer\C:\Public\Game\WoW\Interface\Addon. In the Addon folder i can see all my addons, along with the Blizz ones.

But... For some reason the little addon bow has not appeared. Am i doing something wrong? :S

Thnx for your time

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

myrroddin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:18:40 GMT

If you found the Blizzard addons, then you found the correct place to save all other addons.

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

fmagirl — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:37:30 GMT

Okay, so when WotLK installed on my Vista, I checked the option for it to be moved from Program Files to Games, where it is now.

Well, I have no Interface folder...period.

I don't know how to go about this...ugh.

I've logged onto a private server to play, so I have a WTF folder, but no Inteface.

I've downloaded Curse Client and have downloaded 4 add-ons,but the only ones found in WoW itself are the Blizzard ones.

The only thing remotely found as 'Add-ons' via Vista Search is a text document in my WTF folder under my character w/ the Blizzard add-ons.

What should I do?

Re: addons wotlk, vista, mac, not working, can addons do..? and other misc help thread

Ransack — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:08:28 GMT

An addendum to Myrrodins' post:

ON Vista: If for some reason when you installed Wrath you opted not to move where WoW was installed(it does ask you to do this), then you should make sure that the Curse client is also set to run as admin.

If you are still having issues then:

Go to you add ons directory, if it's empty, then the curse client isn't installing them in the right place.
If the add ons are there, make sure they are named something like "addonname1.2.3", if they are go into that folder, if there is another folder in there with no other files it it is just "addonname" then right click on that folder, copy it, and paste it one folder up in the Add Ons directory. Some Add ons are zipped up with the incorrect directory structure or I have seen instances where the curse program will not unzip them properly, this is rare.

Outside of this, try to doing a manual install and pay attention to the folder structure.