Can't Find my Gw.exe

Brandon1107

Brandon1107

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

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I can't find gw.exe anywhere on my computer. Looked in MY Documents, looked in my Guild Wars folder =/ can't find it, anyone have any tips?

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

try using the search command ---you are using windows I assume. its in the 'start' menu....go to search and type in the file you are looking for and it should tell you where you put it.

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

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If something has deleted it, which seems likely from what you've said, you'll have to do a reinstall.

Brandon1107

Brandon1107

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

E/

how do I reinstall?

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

do you still have the disks??? any one of them will do....

bsoltan

bsoltan

Site Contributor

Join Date: Dec 2005

UK

[SoF]

Run the client available from here: http://guildwars.com/support/downloadclient/

One thing you could do though is backup the gw.dat file that is in the Program Files/Guild Wars directory (default) that way you can copy it back again so you don't have to update all the game files.

Also you could check your Recycle Bin in Windows incase it has been deleted it could be in there.

Skuld

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

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http://www.guildwars.com/support/downloadclient/

edit: blah, beaten

WLlama

Caged Mongrel

Join Date: Jul 2006

Cage in a Dungeon

Flaming Turtles

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If you have the extra time during your reinstall, don't forget using gw.exe -image will help load times upon mapping, etc.

There are tools that recover files even after deletion, however, given the size of GW, you are probably better off just redownloading instead of risking a corrupt game.

Brandon1107

Brandon1107

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

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I reinstalled it...still can't find it...I really need some help pleaseeeeee. In my Guild Wars folder I have: Screens, Templates, ArenaNet (text document), Gw Dat File, Guild Wars Game, Gw.tmp, Eye of the North Trailer, .tpf (which I want gw.exe for, and my gwsetup...

so I'm totally befuddled...

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

did you try a search like I suggested, it might have been put into a different location....
if that doesnt work reinstall it again and watch where it gets put or better yet tell it to put it on say your desktop so you can find it (you can move it later).
(you could look on the control panel, add/remove programs and see if its actually installed on the computer, if so then do a search....)

Kale Ironfist

Kale Ironfist

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

Australia

Venatio Illuminata [VEIL]

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Quote:
In my Guild Wars folder I have: Screens, Templates, ArenaNet (text document), Gw Dat File, Guild Wars Game, Gw.tmp, Eye of the North Trailer, .tpf (which I want gw.exe for, and my gwsetup...
How exactly do you play the game?

iridescentfyre

iridescentfyre

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

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Err, make sure you go into Control Panel -> Folder Options -> View, and make sure "Hide extensions for known filetypes" is unchecked. Miraculously, "gw" should become "gw.exe."

Alternatively, right-click on whatever shortcut icon you're using to play the game, and click Properties.. in the "Target" field is the folder location of the exe file the shortcut points to. It should be C:\Program Files\Guild Wars\gw.exe

Snograt

Snograt

rattus rattus

Join Date: Jan 2006

London, UK GMT??0 ??1hr DST

[GURU]GW [wiki]GW2

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Brandon1107
... Guild Wars Game, ...
What is this? As far as I'm aware, gw.exe is the Guild Wars game...

Brandon1107

Brandon1107

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2006

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hehe...my bad