.MPQ files

hello i am trying to run two different games, Diablo II, and starcraft
both with out the cd's, blizzard tells you to take the .MPQ files from
the cd and place it to the folder you downloaded the game, so i did that
to both games and its fine the games work, but the problem is i cant set
one .MPQ file to open for starcraft and the other.MPQ file to open for
diablo. i can only have one .MPQ file open to one game at a time (so
both icons would open the same game), i would be able to change it so
they each open there own game but the "Always use the selected program
to open this kind of file" is checked and grayed out so i cant change it
for only one file.

any suggestions to uncheck that box?


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ninjanation

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> hello i am trying to run two different games, Diablo II, and starcraft
> both with out the cd's, blizzard tells you to take the .MPQ files from
> the cd and place it to the folder you downloaded the game, so i did that
> to both games and its fine the games work, but the problem is i cant set
> one .MPQ file to open for starcraft and the other.MPQ file to open for
> diablo. i can only have one .MPQ file open to one game at a time (so
> both icons would open the same game), i would be able to change it so
> they each open there own game but the "Always use the selected program
> to open this kind of file" is checked and grayed out so i cant change it
> for only one file.
>
> any suggestions to uncheck that box?
>


You can only associate an extension (here mpq) with one particular program
at a time. You could theoretically rename one of those files to have another
(original) extension (eg mppq), and then associate it with another program,
but from what you've said I'm not sure that this would resolve your issue.
Chances are that the particular progarm that recognizes and opens these mpq
files has a restriction to only have one instance running at a time.

But best to check with Blizzard support pages and FAQs. It may not be a
regular issue though, since most non-multitasking mere mortals (females
excluded) will generally only be able to play one game at a time.


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Jon