Installing Russian Wrath of the Lich King
There is two ways to install a Russian Wrath of the Lich King expansion on a European game client with Russian language pack.
1st method: With minimal downloads:
1) Copy all content from "ххххх\World of Warcraft\Updates\WoW-3.0.1-to-3.0.2-Update" to different location. (where ххххх is the path where World of Warcraft is installed)
2) Completely uninstall your European game client. After uninstalling, delete the World of Warcraft folder.
3) Start installation from Wrath of the Lich King DVD and follow the onscreen instructions.
For more information about installing Wrath of the Lich King please visit this link:
http://eu.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=33098
After the installation process has ended, copy all the folders and files you backed up in step 1 into the newly installed folder, maintaining the same folder tree as it was: World of Warcraft\Updates\WoW-3.0.1-to-3.0.2-Update
4) Start World of Warcraft using the Launcher.exe application, this will apply all newest updates and patches, after that you will be able start playing.
2nd method: Automatic installation:
1) Start the installation from the Russian Wrath of the Lich King DVD.
- The Game files will be installed
- The Downloader application will be started and will report that the Russian language pack is corrupted, then it will delete the Russian language pack.
2) Start Launcher.exe application again, this time the Downloader application will start downloading and will install a new Russian Language Pack.
After downloading and installation has completed you can start the game.
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