WoW installer stuck on "world.MPQ"

Thread first seen on October 15, 2010

Pallidone of Akama

i just downloaded the new 4.0 installer becuase the patch didnt want to work with my school's internet. so the installer works up until it is "Installing "world.MPQ"." it has been trying to install this file for about an hour now. any ideas?

thanks in advance
~BK

Argentbeard of Spinebreaker

I'd seen posts before I was finally able to try to install, so I was warned when it happened to me. My installation froze for at least two hours for a map (as far as I could tell) file. If you cancel the installation it sounds as though it can mess things up badly. I left my machine running over night, and in the morning the install was complete.

REMEMBER: check the Energy Saver options under your System Preferences. It's okay for the screen to black out, but don't let it go into sleep mode until your install is complete.

Good luck!

Pallidone of Akama

thanks.

ive still had to wait days for this to go down. any other ideas?

Bluspacecow of Muradin

I would open any and all info window thingies on the installer. Also post any error or crash reports you are getting.

Another good thing to do is have Console.app open when installing and set to all messages. There might be a message logged then that may give a clue as to whats going wrong.

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