warcraft III won't run

[dimonwolf]

When i first got warcraft i loaded up the first disk. when it was finished loading i didnt login electronicly because i thought i could do it when i got it running. So i pressed play warcraft and the screen went black and then for a split sec it showed my desktop and the warcraft logo and went black again then an error report pops up. whats wrong why wont it play? i have tryed reloading over and over again but no luck what is wrong with it, why wont it play? Can someone please help me?

[NegotiatorSmith]

Try this:

Navigate to your Warcraft III directory with Windows Explorer, then rename the "movies" directory to "blah". After you've done that, try playing the game again. I suspect that your computer is having a problem playing the opening movie, and renaming the "movies" directory will skip the movie.

[dimonwolf]

thanks soooo much!

[NegotiatorSmith]

I'm glad to hear that the problem has been solved, but if you'd like to view the movies, you'll need to find the source of your inability to play them.

Remove any non-Windows video playback/editing codecs you have installed (like Nimo's Codec Pack) and update your video card drivers - see if doing those things allows you to play back the movies (you'll need to rename your "movies" directory back to "movies" first).

[Daemonicus]

Or if he wants to possibly ruin some things for himself, he could go into the movies directory and right-click on one of them > "Open With" > and choose Window Media Player.

I'm not totally sure if you need a codec or not to view them with WMP, but the only other codec I have downloaded is DivX and it works for me.