**Guide** Troubleshoot Patching Error

[bw1231996 11]

This thread is to help anyone who is having problems updating their ARMA 2 installation. This guide is for the standalone ARMA 2 and not for Combined Operations or standalone Operation Arrowhead. I hope you have use for this guide and good luck!

The reason I made this guide is because I could not find one that thoroughly addressed the issue so I decided I needed to make one.

So; without further ado, let's get started. If you are recieving the something like the following error: "ARMA 2 is not installed on your computer or your installation is corrupt"

First, make sure you know what version of ARMA 2 you are running. Boot the game and look in the bottom left hand corner to see what version you are running. I was running 1.5, and wanted to update to 1.7.

So first; navigate to your ARMA 2 installation directory.

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Then; copy your installation directory address by double or right clicking the text and pressing control + c.

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Next; press the start button on the bottom right hand corner of your screen and type in "regedit" and then click on it.

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Now, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > wow6432node > Bohemia Interactive Studio > ARMA 2 >

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Now; with this error; by default there should only be two keys one with a value and one without.

Now create a new key by right clicking inside the regedit window and doing New > String Value and name it "Main". Now, inside the value text box; paste the directory address into the text box. Now press the enter key.

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Then double click the (Default) string key and inside the text box, paste again. It should look like this:

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Press enter. You are done! Now run the installer for the ARMA 2 patch and everything should work out great. If you have any questions, reply and I will be sure to answer them ASAP.

Additional Information:

This guide was made on a 64-bit operating system. Directories may be different for 32-bit operating systems. For example: On a 32-bit operating system there is no "wow6432node" folder. (at least I don't think so; if I am wrong please correct me!)

This is for a STANDALONE ARMA 2 installation, and not Combined Operations or a standalone Operation Arrowhead installation. This is also not for the STEAM version of ARMA 2.

Edited January 7, 2011 by bw1231996