I recently returned to World of Warcraft again, and I’m having an odd issue; the game itself after the first day back requires a constant directory deletion before every launch, or it never fully opens.
As per an article I found, listed here: https:// us. battle. net/ support/en/article/34719, I need to delete the ProgramData\Battle.net\ folder before every launch and then run the executable directly or the .EXE file sits in Task Manager as a sub-process of the launcher (as opposed to becoming its’ own process as per normal) with barely any resource usage and it never actually opens unless I do what that article states (I have left it running for around 30 minutes and it remains this way). Running the executable directly as some other troubleshooting articles have suggested makes no difference and it still occurs.
Screen cap of problem occurring: https:// postimg. cc/PCprNXLP
Once this situationally lengthy process - anywhere from 5 to 15 minutes while the launcher “remembers” the game is installed and does what appears to be a very slow fake update (no actual download or patching) - is done, the game runs fine.
Is there a way to stop this from being necessary every time? I would really appreciate some help with this problem.
(Sorry for the URL spaces; apparently I can’t link things.)