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unable to find PW data error - 6/5/2010 7:06:02 PM

capthook

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A couple of months ago I had some problems with my computer - turned out my harddrive was failing. I lost pretty much everything I had except that I managed to back up WitP-AE by saving the whole directory onto an external drive, but it looks like my original install file is damaged (yes, I know, I should have backed it up immediately.) When I reloaded everything I started getting the "unable to find PW data" error. Done a search and it looks like the error is related to CDs somehow?

Can anyone give me a suggestion on where to look next? Is there a way to recover whatever PW data is?

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RE: unable to find PW data error - 6/5/2010 8:11:32 PM

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Could you provide more detail regarding the words "When I reloaded everything"?

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RE: unable to find PW data error - 6/5/2010 8:21:01 PM

capthook

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Yeah. Thanks for the reply.

I just copied the whole WITPAE directory onto the external drive via drag and drop. Then reversed the process later, after the new HD was set up, OS installed, etc. Could there be a file that is stored outside of that directory that I missed?

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RE: unable to find PW data error - 6/5/2010 9:29:30 PM

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Yes, like most applications these days there are registry entries that need to exist in order to run the application (the AE game in this case). The best practice method to create those registry entries is to re-install the game from original media. You could then copy your external files as you did and things would work. But without the registry entries, the game will not run.

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RE: unable to find PW data error - 6/5/2010 10:18:42 PM

capthook

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That makes sense. Thanks for the help. Any other way to recover those registry entries? At this point a re-install is going to cost me 80 buck. I thought I had backed up the original download but it looks like I just backed all the update .zip files, hence my question. WitP wasn't my top priority as my hardrive breathed its last.

Thanks for the prompt reply.

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RE: unable to find PW data error - 6/5/2010 10:46:53 PM

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You will have to go through the "official" support channel for that type of activity. Click on the SUPPORT link in the upper right corner of any forum page.

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