Runtime error, blizzard downloader

#0 - Sept. 18, 2010, 10:39 p.m.
Blizzard Post
I get the error :

Runtime error!

Program C:\World of Warcraft\Backgrounddownloader.exe

The application requested the runtime to terminate in an unusual way.


This happens when I click play on the launcher. If I click ok, the game launches, i log in, and then it downloads a patch in game. Then it says to restart, i click that, then the "Blizzard Updater" starts and says that its waiting for files to close.

I read the sticky about this, I opened the task manager, closed the processes the sticky mentions, but still nothing happens.
#7 - Sept. 19, 2010, 3:16 p.m.
Blizzard Post
For those of you still getting this error, try this;

1. Right click on BackgroundDownloader.exe and select properties.
2. Click Compatibility tab.
3. Checkmark "run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows 98 / Windows Me
4. Click the "Ok" button.
5. Launch BackgroundDownloader.exe by double clicking on it.