WoW critical error'd, anyone got a fix? Error 131 World of Warcraft

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World of WarCraft (build 8606)

Exe: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
Time: Jul 18, 2008 11:01:24.750 AM
User: Cyborg
Computer: CYBORG99
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This application has encountered a critical error:

ERROR #131 (0x85100083) File Corrupt
Program: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
File: character\human\female\humanfemale.m2

Happens every time I log in.

well, dont know what all youve done, this is straight from the wow tech support board, and im sure you know this as well:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=10021039&sid=1


7. Error 131

The "Error 131" error message is usually caused by corrupt game files.

The first approach to resolving this error should always be the repair tool. The repair tool is located in the World of Warcraft folder called repair.exe. If you are unable to locate this file in the WoW folder it is available for download here: http://ftp.blizzard.com/pub/WoW/other/Repair.zip . Please use this tool, it will try to repair any corruption that exists, if it is unable to you may need to follow up with the next step.

The second step, as the repair tool will sometimes advise, is to reinstall World of Warcraft. Before reinstalling, be sure to uninstall WoW first by using the provided short-cut placed in WoWs Start Menu folder or by using the Add/Remove Programs tool in the Control Panel.

If you are still encountering this error please read our support page here:
http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21026

To begin troubleshooting this error we will have to see the complete error log. This error will have created a text file in the World of Warcraft\Errors folder. Please locate the most recent error file there and copy and paste the contents in a new thread below.

[ Post edited by Nickjs ]



Something may have gone wrong during the patch install.

Yeah, I posted a topic on the WoW forums, but I posted it in the wrong forum(Customer Support instead of TECHNICAL Support), so I didn't see those stickies, lol

How big is your Patch.MPQ file, btw?

ERROR #131 (0x85100083) File Corrupt
Program: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
File: character\human\female\humanfemale.m2


Bolded parts are a dead give away at what is wrong. Use the repair tool. It should put a new copy of that file in the system.

Wish Windows error messages where so clear.

Rename your WTF file.

Seriously. This happened to me, and I looked it up, just told me to change the name of my WTF file. Changed it to "WTFLOL", and it worked again. Don't ask me how.

No, Im not being cute. Try it.

From Kuthumii Posted 7/18/2008 8:17:42 AM #006
ERROR #131 (0x85100083) File Corrupt
Program: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\WoW.exe
File: character\human\female\humanfemale.m2


Bolded parts are a dead give away at what is wrong. Use the repair tool. It should put a new copy of that file in the system.

Wish Windows error messages where so clear.

I saw that and immediately ran the repair tool because I thought it would give me a new model.
It didn't, though.

From VyseTheValiant Posted 7/18/2008 8:17:58 AM #007
Rename your WTF file.

Seriously. This happened to me, and I looked it up, just told me to change the name of my WTF file. Changed it to "WTFLOL", and it worked again. Don't ask me how.

No, Im not being cute. Try it.

Well, that's because WoW doesn't see a WTF folder and makes a new one. :P
'sides, my game still crashed after I removed my WTF.

cyborg99sreturn
Posted 7/18/2008 11:17:10 AM
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How big is your Patch.MPQ file, btw?
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Im at work now so i cant check it, sorry.

Other than the patch, put in any new mods lately? Made any major changes to your pc, like hardware?
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