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Can no longer run SC after new patch?

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SCWes
Profile Joined May 2018
Canada74 Posts
May 04 2019 04:25 GMT
#1
Anyone else having the same problems after the update?

1) Icon for Remastered no longer launches Blizzard Desktop app
2) Have to use Blizzard Desktop app icon to launch it
3) When you click on SCR on the side the big blue button says "Playing Now" and next to it says "Game is running" (when it is not)
4) Close blizzard app, try to uninstall remastered through remove programs, but it says the game is running or being used by Battle.net (even though both are not running)
5) Tried to uninstall/install blizzard desktop app again, but it doesn't help
Cheesefome
Profile Joined May 2016
314 Posts
May 04 2019 04:38 GMT
#2
try alt+ctrl+del and close any programs related to starcraft or restart your pc if that doesn't work. Sometimes there are processes left running in the background.
iPlaY.NettleS
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Australia4381 Posts
May 04 2019 07:22 GMT
#3
Can you run it via starcraft.exe in the strcraft folder?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PvoI6gvQs
Jealous
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
10265 Posts
May 04 2019 07:36 GMT
#4
On May 04 2019 13:38 Cheesefome wrote:
try alt+ctrl+del and close any programs related to starcraft or restart your pc if that doesn't work. Sometimes there are processes left running in the background.

This was the fix for me, except even after restart, inexplicably I had a dead hanging BW process in my task manager. Once killed, it worked fine.
"The right to vote is only the oar of the slaveship, I wanna be free." -- бум бум сучка!
jimminy_kriket
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
Canada5525 Posts
May 04 2019 09:19 GMT
#5
Actually just had the same problem. Had to close it in task manager.
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ppp87
Profile Joined May 2016
Laos251 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-04 13:53:40
May 04 2019 13:52 GMT
#6
Same here, had to launch the blizzard launcher and when it says "the game is already running" go to your task manager and end starcraft.exe. Then you can click PLAY and it's working.
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