Updater verifying image!!!!


DigitalWolf

 

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I try to open city of heroes and it goes to the updater screen (like normal) BUT it starts to update and stops at the Verifying Imaemaining time is over 90000 and it never goes down how can i fix this problem or do i just wait it out?

Thank you in advance!


 

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I've had this problem on my laptop for, at a guess, the last week. Happened right after one of the patches (the one where they mistakenly put in Fireflies & Snow Auras I believe).

I'm attempting to fix it just now by doing the following (although you'll likely need to do a reinstall, I'll put instructions further down).

Temp fix: Try running the updater in Admin mode if on Windows Vista or Windows 7. Right click, run as admin, supply password if needed. May work on XP if you try the Run As option and pick a different user.

Trying this now.....
Perma fix (until they break it again and I need to do this yet again..):

  • Copy the entire installation from a computer where it works.
  • Run the updater.. optional steps below.
  • For advanced users you can copy the registry settings as well, you may need to change several of the Strings though (eg. installation directory).
  • For people who don't know their way around the registry but want to "reset" their registry settings try the file posted here
For reinstalling.. the quick way is to copy the updater (cohupdater.exe) and the "piggs" folder (and contents) to another location then uninstalling the game, putting the piggs folder & updater back in the desired location and running the updater to reinstall the game. This will shortcut the process of downloading/installing, taking it from several days to several hours.

If you have an install CD or similar resource, STILL COPY THE PIGGS FOLDER before reinstalling. Trust me.. saves a lot of time.


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