I start WOW.EXE and it shuts down.

[erik12387]

Whe i start Wow.exe i hear the login music and my screen turns black for about 2 seconds. Then my screen returns to my desktop and the music shuts down. But the wow client is still up. And when i try to open it my screen turns black for 2 seconds then returns to my desktop. I need help please.

[Kawari]

Having the same issue here. I did have a popup when I originally ran the game to ask if I wanted to go back to the default settings, to which I clicked no. I uninstalled and reinstalled, but haven't had this popup come up again. Any help would be appreciated!

[Lukinaround]

I have the same problem. WoW boots for a second, hear music, screen goes black and converts to a lower resolution then kicks me to the desktop. I've tried every other troubleshooting solution I could find in the forums and nothing works.

[JarkkoKoski]

Same problem here. Every time I try to go back to the program a tiny little piece of the intro music plays with black screen and then it throws me back to my desktop

[AverageJoe]

This is a recurring problem for some users and seems to be tied to one or more of three things: 1) addons, 2) running WoW.exe as administrator, and 3) your monitor's resolution.

For the time being, make sure your World of Warcraft Classic\Interface\Addons folder is empty (If you have any in there you want to keep, just cut them out and put them on your desktop for the time being). Second, right click the WoW shortcut on your desktop (Or wherever you open it from), select "Properties," click the "Compatibility" tab, and enable the checkbox for "Run this program as an administrator." Lastly, check your monitor's resolution. Try setting it to a common resolution like 1920x1080.

Refer to these two threads below for people who followed these steps and were able to get it to work. Seems like those who have weird monitor resolutions and do not run WoW as an administrator get the bahvior you guys are describing. If you're able to get it to work, you can restore your addons by dropping them back into your WoW\Interace folder again.

https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=11553
https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=10739