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How to fix Wow-64.exe application error
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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The wow-64.exe application error will prevent you from being able to play World of Warcraft because your system is unable to run thegame‘s files. Immediately you launch the WoW, it crashes with the followingerrorpointing to theWow-64.exefile.
Your computer can’t open World of Warcraft if the cached files are corrupt or the executable files are broken or blocked by a security feature. If you are currently experiencing this issue, you’ll find working methods to fix it and get yourgameback up and running.
How do I fix the Wow-64.exe application error?
1. Delete the Wow cache
2. Temporarily disable your antivirus or exclude the Wow folder
Your antivirus software may be behind the wow-64.exe application error, as several occurrences have been investigated to be due to an antivirus tool blocking processes and executables from modifying the system files.
In troubleshooting the wow-64.exe application error, you have to disable your antivirus temporarily and retry thegame. If you don’t get the wow-64.exe application error with the antivirus off, then you can be sure that you’ve found the solution.
However, you don’t want to run your computer without an active antivirus; so, I recommend that instead of entirely deactivating your antivirus, you can exclude theWoWfolder from its checks.
The process of adding folders to exceptions differs quite a lot between antivirus software. Here are the steps required to do so efficiently for a few antivirus software options:
Where do I add folder exclusions tp fix wow-64.exe application error?
Note:When you navigate to the above locations on your antivirus program, you should see the option of browsing to theWoWfolder. You can find this path by right-clicking on the game’s icon and openingPropertiesfrom the context menu.
3. Fix wow-64.exe application error with the game’s Repair Tool
Note:This process will re-download the deleted files and likely fix the wow-64.exe application error.
In following the above solutions for fixing the wow-64.exe application error, be careful about modifying or deleting files in the paths. These files are essential for running World of Warcraft and your computer in general.
If all the troubleshooting methods fail, then you’d have no other choice but to re-install the entiregame.
Hopefully, it won’t come to that; you should be able to repair the wow-64.exe application error quickly with these troubleshooting methods.
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Radu Tyrsina
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