Jan 6, 2010

Warcraft 3 And Windows 7 - Problems And Solutions

Windows 7 in new OS from Microsoft, it is better and faster Vista :)

Warcraft 3 works great on it but on some PC's it make problems.



If You have some problems first what You need to do is download latest drivers for Your graphics card (GPU) and update to latest Warcraft 3 Patch.








  • Graphics card drivers
  1. If You have nVidia go here.
  2. If You have Ati go here.
  • Latest Warcraft 3 Patch
You can get latest Warcraft 3 Patch here.




  • Windows updates

Also i recommend running Windows Update.
Microsoft released "KB976264" update that increase compatibility for Warcraft 3 (and other older games), try installing this update.

If this didn't fix your problems please continue reading.

  • If You have problems with Battle.Net:

Set You firewall (or turn it off).
Run Warcraft 3 as Administarator (right click on Warcraft 3 shortcut > Compatibility > check "Run this program as an administrator"
When you start Frozen Throne you’ll get a UAC prompt. Click yes to allow it to make changes to your computer and you will able to connect to battle.net normally.


  • If You have problems that Warcraft 3 is minimizing when You start,

Then You need to disable desktop composition.

To do this right click on Warcraft 3 shortcut > Compatibility > check "Disable desktop composition".

  • If Warcraft 3 has random screen flicker,

run Warcraft 3 in Windows Xp SP3 Compatibility mode and disable desktop composition.




  • If Warcraft 3 is saying that You need Direct X,
Read this post.




If You have other problems post a comment and i will try to help You. Please if you are getting error write error message or post screenshot, i can't help you if you just say "it don't work".


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