Why do I have to update a shortcut for Battlenet?

I have never in my life, EVER had to replace a shortcut for an app that needed an update (before or after).

Why is this a thing for Battlenet? Why?
In what world would I ever have to do this other than Battlenet?
Why was it designed this way?
Shouldn’t it do it automatically?
What’s going on?
I feel like I’m going to be mentally ill because of this design.

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?? Can you provide more details on when you get that message ?

Are you getting a message that there is a newer version of Battle.Net available AND that you need to updae your shortcut ?? If so, see :

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am also getting same message, and need to know how do i update the shortcut

I was able to fix the issue i was having with this by going to [i guess i am not allowed to link to their own site] i then downloaded it for windows and installed it. I did not uninstall anything or do anything else just installed it and it works no longer giving me the error message.

I am having the same issue. I have deleted the Shortcut, then went to where the file is installed and then made a new shortcut but still the same thing. So what is the deal?

Try this :

There’s a link to download the Battle.Net installer at the top right side of the forum.

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You can also switch to the beta version, which is a simple/fast way to reinstall and fix the shortcut.