General Noob question

[Dogmar]

I was curious if it is possible to run 2 versions of WoW (not simultaneously). I play the real Blizzard online varsion (4.0.1.13205), and am awaiting Cata, but I am also interested in playing on a private server (3.3.5.12340). I guess my question actually is, can I copy my entire WoW folder to a different location on my computer, and make the provate server adjustments to it, and run it from there, without affecting my REAL WoW?

[7itanium]

sure you can.. you can even run them simultaneously

its a matter of copying the wow folder.. and de-patching one of them

how ever many copies of the wow folder you have.. you can run that many different versions

[Dogmar]

I was thinking that it might work like that, but it almost seemed too simple. TY!! +REP

[bigcheat]

I was curious if it is possible to run 2 versions of WoW (not simultaneously). I play the real Blizzard online varsion (4.0.1.13205), and am awaiting Cata, but I am also interested in playing on a private server (3.3.5.12340). I guess my question actually is, can I copy my entire WoW folder to a different location on my computer, and make the provate server adjustments to it, and run it from there, without affecting my REAL WoW?

Yes, I make this frequently

[Jinfreakz]

Depatch the WoW you have. Download another WoW in another location and patch it up to 4.0.1
Viola, you have a version for private servers and a version for retail.
Cheers