WoW wont launch

Desktop App Tech Support
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On october 13th blizz rolled out a “update” or “patch” if you can call those that of some kind and WoW retail wont launch. Yesterday on october 16th i tried:

  1. Repairing files
  2. Uninstalling WoW its self then reinstalling it
  3. Uninstalling battle.net launcher AND WoW the reinstalling them both
  4. Uninstalling WoW AND Battle.net launcher deleting ALL files and folders pertaining to WoW then reinstalled Battle.net launcher and WoW.
  5. Going online for answers, to no avail obviously.

And I’m black online to make a custom Topic this time. Here’s what’s going on: When i hit launch from the launcher the little dongle on my mouse spins then stops as it always does, but this time, no launch. And when i hover over launch usually there’s a little black speaker box which I’m assuming must say something not that I’ve payed it much mind. Why does this keep happening? I wrote blizzard a ticket and all i got was the typical bullcrap answer: “please rerfer to this for help”.

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Support article: World of Warcraft Doesn’t Launch

Common Problems

  • The Battle.net desktop app shows “Game is Running” but World of Warcraft doesn’t launch
  • The World of Warcraft window does not show after clicking play

Tried everything?

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I was encountering this problem often. Then had a couple of weeks without issue and now it’s back again but I’m unable to get past it this time. Considering how much time Ive spent trying to fix this in comparison to the play time, it is not worth the cost.