EQChanges.zip - missing client files

[Yogurt]

Hi guys,

I just want to post my experience here since I found this problem exasperating.

-I had followed all the instructions on the Project1999 Guidebook only to get the "Spells out of date" message.
-I tried Duxa's All-In-One Installer, only to get the "EQChanges.zip"(ERRORCODE DLL-2) message.
-I scoured the forums for a solution with no definitive answer.

FINALLY, I stumbled on the problem...
After opening WinRAR and manually moving the P99Files33.zip files to my EQ folder, my anti-virus(Norton) popped up a warning. DSETUP.dll was marked, blocked, and removed as a Trojan virus.

This had never happened before on my previous 15ish attempts. Why I got a pop-up on this attempt, I'll never know.

What had been happening is Norton was deleting DSETUP.dll before the copy was completed. The original DSETUP.dll was still in my EQ folder, so without the pop-up I'd never know that it wasn't copied.

So I whitelisted DSETUP.dll. Copied it to my EQ folder, and re-ran EQ from my patchme shortcut. Now I'm in!

Lesson: Check your anti-virus history if you've tried everything else!


Hope this helps someone. I'm sorry for the wall of text. I'm just so happy to finally be able to play.

Thanks Project 1999 for your efforts. This old vet has been thirsting for classic EQ for a very long time...

Happy Hunting!
~Yog