Solution to 1311 Error in RTW

[battletrap]

Hello everyone, I'm a long time Lurker and I've decided to come out of hiding to post a solution to my troubles with installing RTW.

I was getting this error while installing RTW

"Error 1311. Source file not found. E:\sndtwo.cab. Verify that the file exists and that you can access it."

So, after a bit of research and swearwords...along with nearly chucking the CD across the room (luckily I restrained myself)... I finally found a solution.

If you get this error, open regedit and go to the

following key :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

the reg entry on the right called "allocatecdroms" has to

be set to 0.

Reboot, double-check to make sure it is still set to zero,

and try installing from the CD again.

[Morindin]

An excellent post. Im sure this will save many people from destroying their computers in frustration :)

Welcome to the forums.

Just a general warning be very careful playing around in the windows registry - export it before tinkering with it first!

[battletrap]

Excellent advice. Forgot to add the general warning about registry editting.