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I actually thought the exact same thing wtf is movieprxy.exe (in my mop folder) but i did research and a blue said it was safe and required to play cinematics.

also I assume this is a no but when patching if your on a x64 system will it give you the cata x64 client or do you need that from a fresh install

@MrSmite, thanks for updating that but I did run wow.exe even as administrator and it would not find the installation, altho the installation was on a secondary harddrive and not my primary harddrive runing launcher.exe with no internet access did however fix the issue. I did have it on my primary harddrive at one point and did the wow.exe but not as administrator so I don't know if that would have made it register or not being on C: but on a secondary harddrive, wow.exe as normal or admin would not register. In the end I ended up with a corrupt installation becuase I wasn't watching the progress bar and then the cata launcher flashed quickly before I had a chance to notice and closed and relaunched and i quickly alt+f4'd the second launch but by then it was too late wow.exe was unable to proplerly launch. maybe update the guide to mention that patching from 3x-4x will automatically launch the launcher when it's finished. (Becuase that patch literally deleted realmlist.wtf and launcher.wtf from WoWDataenUS I feel it deletes the whole folder and recreates it but I was half a sleep when doing the patch so no idea)

@MrSmite I had an issue with installing the "WoW-3.3.0.10958-4.0.0.12911-NA-FULL" it kept saying World of Warcraft could not be found. Please make sure the game is properly installed. after some digging ( I already applied the tips you suggested) Copy "base-Win" to the "Data" folder Edit realmlist.wtf Edit or create launcher.wtf in the "WTF" folder SET downloaderTags "EXP3,EXP2,EXP1,Win,enUS" SET expansionLevel "3" SET locale "enUS" SET downloadCompleted "0" SET patchApplicationCompleted "1" SET requiredCompleted "0" SET userspeed "1268770" SET accountType "CT" and it turns out that in order for the "WoW-3.3.0.10958-4.0.0.12911-NA-FULL" patch to recongnize the wow install you MUST run the launcher.exe as admin so to take percauction I unplugged my internet from my pc... but turns out your launcher.wtf took precedence and a lilttle WotLK logo appeared and went right in to wow.exe.. I thus closed the game client and ran again "WoW-3.3.0.10958-4.0.0.12911-NA-FULL" WoW-x.x.x.x-4.0.0.12911-Updater.exe and it detected and is now patching. I just thought I'd mention this in hinde site becuase See the issue is my wow install is from Vanilla (patched to 3.3.5 over time) and from XP... and i'm on a completely different system, than I was back on my AthlonXP.... and Windows 8 and i've brought that install with me everywhere... multiple backups, cpu's video cards types of RAM... and ever OS under the sun (windows based from XP including server OS's ) sadly i never backed up Vanilla or BC cleans.. to much regret... http://blue.mmo-champion.com/topic/41728-world-of-warcraft-could-not-be-found-please/