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Ok i have realised that a new writen guide is in order so here it is
If you are installing wow from disk skip to number 4
1. Go into were you instaled World of warcraft
2. Go into the folder called data and delete the files patch.MPQ and Patch-2.MPQ (you may not have the latter)
3. Then go back to the main wow folder and run the repair.exe (its symbol should be a spanner) make sure all check boxes are cheked and select reset and check files then select ok to the pop up this will take 15 mins so go do something else (your computer may run slow :-| )
(ok now here the technical stuff you can skip this but some people like to now WTF there doing)
You just delted some of the core files to wow without them wow cannot run so when you use repair exe it resets itself to the basic vertion (the very first one) we do this because not all servers run the latest patches so we restor it to basic settings and you can patch up from there (which means this guide doubles up as a server switching guide)
4. Then back in your main wow folder you need the file called realmlist.wtf (yes a WTF file lolz) right click and select open with and click on notepad.
5. Change what you find there to set realmlist (insert realmlist name here) so for example if the realmlist was happybobssuperfuntimeserver.com then you write set realmlist happybobssuperfuntimeserver.com
More techncal stuff
The realmlist is what server you use so for example all the offical wow servers are stored under a realmlist. The reson for not beeing able to use you wow accounts for privte servers is because (and you will discover this more if you make your own server) all servers have a data base of character indivdual to that server and realm list
so just as you can play with a EU account on an US server because they have differnt realmlists you cannot use your wow account on privte servers you have to go to the server web site to get the reamlist and register a character.
6.Then you need to update to your servers vertion (look on the servers web site to find it out) then go to http://www.strategyinformer.come/pc/...aft/patch.html to get the patch download it into your wow folder and run it to update just like regular wow.
And then just run wow.exe log in with your new account and play