World of Warcraft.
I fancied a quick half hour playing on my shaman this afternoon, so I fired up WoW and.... nothing. Hmm. Tried again... nothing. Tried using the .exe file instead of the launcher. Error message - dvxdownloader.dll is missing. Bugger. How do I fix this? I know! I'll uninstall WoW, bound to fix it. Uninstalled WoW, spent 6 hours pissing about with discs, updates, patches, more patches, etc.

Finally get it installed, fire it up and... nothing. Tried the .exe file again - divxdownloader.dll is missing. Bugger. Spend under a minute searching for the file on google, find it, download it in about a nanosecond, copy it to my WoW folder, solved the problem.

Why on earth did I think uninstalling WoW would fix it.
(Freakmandu, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 1:54, 11 replies)

Plus there's a built in filechecker in wow too
WoW's currently about 15gb, soon to be hitting 20 with cataclysm...I have no intention of reinstalling that monster if it fecks up :)
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 9:39, closed)

I'm probably going to have to do it all again soon - done something to my computer yesterday which caused the dll to go missing in the first place. I have no idea what I did, but theres dlls missing all over the place.

Might be quicker just to do a complete reformat and start again, rather than trying to untangle the web it seems to have managed to get itself into. Been meaning to do that for a while anyway.
(Freakmandu, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 16:57, closed)

My son bought it and installed it
It occupies 19.4Gb. That's 20Gb of drive space that could be containing girl-on-girl vids.

And no I don't play WoW, I'd rather waste my time on B3ta. And often do.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 17:19, closed)

fascinating

( rofl harris, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 10:51, closed)

*head explodes*

(Monkeystrumpet monkey. Monkey, MONKEY!!!, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 11:17, closed)

"What was I thinking?" - Long answer short:
"I play WoW."
( Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 11:30, closed)

There is a simple fix for this
you simply click the fix button and it re-installs missing files.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 11:41, closed)

Another
fix, would be to open the windows of the house, change your undercrackers and go for a jog.

Just saying and all...
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 12:44, closed)

I concur
In fine weather, there's also a big yellow thing? If you stand under it for a bit, your skin will improve and Vitamin D will be synthesised from your body fat.

With your new complexion and better bones and teeth, you may find strange creatures with breasts start talking to you. OK, they don't have 46DDs like in WoW, but the sex is better.
(all my scars face forward possesses 2.5% of a hyperalloy combat chassis, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 15:13, closed)

Breasts aren't my thing though, having a couple of said objects myself. I prefer those other bizarre creatures with dangly bits. They don't even have a bulge in WoW, let alone anything that may be considered dangly.
(Freakmandu, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 16:53, closed)

The windows in my house are always open - cant stand fusty rooms. Fresh air is where its at! And yes, I go out very frequently (and no, not to the corner shop for potnoodles)
(Freakmandu, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 16:54, closed)