More WoW Troubleshooting
Thanks to Link pointing me toward WoWWiki’s macro guide, I may have uncovered another problem I’m having with WoW. Of course, maybe it’s THE problem, I don’t know. Either way, I’ve discovered I’m missing some folders and files that WoWWiki thinks that I ought to have. (I’m so grateful to Link; he continues to bail me out of one problem after another!)
Here’s an excerpt of what WoWWiki wants me to find in order to get to my macros:
Until Blizzard decides to store macros on the server, you must copy your World of WarcraftWTFAccountYouraccountname folder between computers.
Now here’s a picture of what my folders actually look like.
“WTF?” WTF, indeed!! Call me crazy, but this seems Bad to me. There’s nothing there!
I guess my next step is to use InstallShield to completely wipe WoW off my PC and reinstall all over again. (I reinstalled once during this graphics thing but I did not uninstall first.)
/sigh
In other news, I found out through Matticus that there’s a new forum for WoW bloggers to share brainspace called Blog Azeroth, started up by Phaelia at Resto4Life. How utterly yummy and cool! Such a brilliant idea… I hope I don’t spend more time on the forums than I do on my blog!
January 23, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Hopefully, our community will encourage you to blog more instead of less =).
January 23, 2008 at 10:17 pm
GD, the easiest way to wipe WoW from your drive is simply to delete the WorldofWarcraft folder. WoW is well-behaved in that it writes nothing to your (Windows) registry or anywhere else on your (Windows) PC. (Sorry, I can’t speak to Mac, but I’d guess WoW is equally well-behaved on that platform as well.)
Good luck!
January 24, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I had to fix some links ;P So I unpublished it and republished it ;P.
January 25, 2008 at 9:02 am
The thing about the WTF folder from what I’ve discovered:
It basically keeps all information of every toon on every server. Even old toons you may have deleted. It keeps your macros, video preferences, add on preferences everything regarding your toon inside the folder.
When you delete WoW or delete the folder, the next time you log into WoW – fully log in – the folder will magically appear and create all new information on your toons. However, if you only log 1 of 5 toons in, there will only be a folder for that 1 toon. You have to log in all 5 toons to see all 5 folders.
If you recently uninstalled WoW or deleted this folder then it would make sense a new WTF folder appears with no information in it. Especially since you were having issues just logging in. No information was created.
You can try reinstalling WoW again, but I’m kinda thinking all these video glitches goes back to a over-heating problem caused by Blizzard. At least that’s what my computer theory is. Good luck