Fix if it isn't installing for you and a few bug reports
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2026 6:51 pm
A user posted this very helpful fix as my launcher was just stuck on locating game folder, pressing retry to verify game files and not downloading anything.
Can confirm the OctoWoW client after WMIC installation is working. Therefore, here are the steps of how to add this feature back:
1. Open Settings → Optional Features
2. Click “Add a feature”
3. Search for:
WMIC
4. Install
5. Wait patiently for the message "Installed" and then and only then, close the tab
6. Relaunch OctoWoW client.
Enable this feature in windows and it works.
Nampower, when enabled under tweaks does not load into the game. Neither does unitxp. Enabling Vanillafixes in tweaks for me made it so it was stuck on a perma-update cycle again, so I ran it from the .exe in the game folder and it loads in VanillaFixes. I also got superWoW working and detected using SuperWoWLauncher on github, although the Supercleveroidmacros addon throws a tonne of errors so you'll have to use the /script macros, luckily this is extended with SuperWoW.dll anyway, but if you mess with the tweaks and press update it will purge the SuperWoWhook.exe from your folder, so just save a copy of it incase you accidentally do that, and you can just paste it back. Hope this helps anyone.
Can confirm the OctoWoW client after WMIC installation is working. Therefore, here are the steps of how to add this feature back:
1. Open Settings → Optional Features
2. Click “Add a feature”
3. Search for:
WMIC
4. Install
5. Wait patiently for the message "Installed" and then and only then, close the tab
6. Relaunch OctoWoW client.
Enable this feature in windows and it works.
Nampower, when enabled under tweaks does not load into the game. Neither does unitxp. Enabling Vanillafixes in tweaks for me made it so it was stuck on a perma-update cycle again, so I ran it from the .exe in the game folder and it loads in VanillaFixes. I also got superWoW working and detected using SuperWoWLauncher on github, although the Supercleveroidmacros addon throws a tonne of errors so you'll have to use the /script macros, luckily this is extended with SuperWoW.dll anyway, but if you mess with the tweaks and press update it will purge the SuperWoWhook.exe from your folder, so just save a copy of it incase you accidentally do that, and you can just paste it back. Hope this helps anyone.
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