So, I’ve had a windows update, which afterwords I shut my pc down. Turned it back on after a few hours, noticed there’s an update for WoW Wotlk, pressed the Update button which brought up a prompt asking me to give permission to the program from Windows - which I did. Now it says - can’t update wow because you’re not an admin. Tried running it as admin, didn’t work . Added Bnet & WoW Classic to my firewall’s exclusions, didn’t work either.
Have uninstalled BNet, reinstalled - didn’t help. Uninstalled WoW wotlk, pressed Install - We couldn’t access a folder. This is usually because you’re not logged in as an administrator. BLZBNTAGT0000084B
I do want to note that I could download other updates on BNet, specifically Diablo 4 Beta server slam. Could also log on Retail just fine.
Thanks for taking the time to report this. Update issues like this are typically caused by a conflicting third-party program (such as antivirus), damaged/corrupted local Battle.net files, or a problem connecting to the patch server. The following steps will help narrow it down more:
Fully update or temporarily uninstall antivirus programs which may be interfering with your connection to the patching server. If you’d like more information on troubleshooting security applications, click here
Reinstall the Battle.net Desktop App with these steps:
• Next (before re-installing) let’s delete any Battle.net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders in the Windows temporary file locations below. If you don’t see all 3 folders in each location, that is okay—just delete the folders you have):
Press Windows Key + R and type: %LOCALAPPDATA%. Delete any Battle.net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders.
Repeat the process for %APPDATA%, %TEMP%, and %PROGRAMDATA%. Delete any Battle.net, Blizzard, and/or Blizzard Entertainment folders.
If the error persists, many permission-related problems with Windows can be resolved by creating a new administrator account, logging into it, and testing on the new account.
If the issue is fixed on the new Admin account, this could indicate damaged or missing Windows system files or an issue with the configuration of your primary Windows user account. This is somewhat common, and the easiest fix is to move any user-specific files that you wish to keep from the old user account to the new admin account. You can also work with Microsoft’s Support to troubleshoot the problem with the old account if preferred.
Hopefully, one of these steps will do the trick. Please let us know if you have any questions or run into additional issues.
The problem was solved by uninstalling Battle-net, WoW Wotlk, and then re-installing BNet & WoW Classic in a new folder. The other folder I had wow installed, had in it 4 corrupted files from my addon WeakAura - that I can’t seem to be able to even delete off of my PC.