Nah, I think the main issue is what Dr Super Good said.
I hope I didn't sound like a smart-ass, though
I justed wanted to give a heads up to the OP, so he tries to change the permissions first, because I thinks it's easier to do and less likely to accidentally break something than trying to edit your registry
this worked so thx for thying it seems like it was very easy to fix
That is not a good long term solution. As stated earlier you should give your user account full control permission over the Warcraft III installation folder to solve it without excessive permission elevation. User applications should never need to be run as administrator.
That's not really the case. It's just that User Applications were meant to be used by all users, not just Administrator.
Administrator has full control over program files folders. User accounts often do not.
Only on XP machines. The way WC3 works is not compatible with Vista 64 and later.
So, it's a matter of security?
Yes it is a matter of security. You do not want all programs running as an administrator as an exploit in one can then destroy or compromise your entire system.
Except running it as an administrator gives it control over EVERYTHING. If it were compromised by a buffer overflow error or arbitrary code execution it could destroy your OS, or install malware without you even realizing since it is run as an administrator. If it were run as a user and the install folder promoted to user full control then at most it could do is delete all your documents, it could not install anything or damage the OS.
Yes malware has been made targeting WC3. This is why we have hashtables after some people made a DotA Allstars clone which deleted the OS.
