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Unable to run the launcher

I have recently done a fresh install of WoW in a bottle of its own (win2000). The install seemed to go ok, however when running the game, the launcher opens with an error message:

'Launcher cannot run because its skin archive is damaged. Please run repair'.

Repair does not do anything.

I am running arch linux.

Any ideas anyone?

You might need the 32-bit version of libjpeg.so.62.

You need to do a "Run a windows command" and direct it to WoW.exe. Run the game for a bit then close the game NOT the run command box. then "create launcher" The WOW icon will not appear. It wil be a wine icon. It should launch ok from that point on. IF you ar running ubuntu 11.10 I recently noticed a lil glitch. After a restart the launcher shortcut no longer works. I redo the run command I just described and it works fine again.

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