If you are like me who still play the old Warcraft 3, you too would have probably encountered the error “unable to join the specified game” when trying to join to a lan game, dota perhaps or any other warcraft map. You too probably know the fix and won’t be needing this tutorial but for those who haven’t, here it is.
This error is usually due to the firewall restricting network access to the application. In order to allow warcraft 3 reign of chaos or the frozen throne to be added to the allow list of applications on your firewall, you will need to add them manually via the windows firewall or your anti-virus firewall if any. although, there is also an automatic add dialog box that will prompt you if you wish to add the application currently running into the firewall and if you opted not add the application or maybe closed the dialog box, you can still add the application to your firewall by doing the following steps below.
The process is so straight forward anyone with a few windows background can easily do this, in any case i have also added the video below just to illustrate the fix more clearly.
Fix the error
There are several methods to add the warcraft executable file into the firewall but i will what i find the most easiest for me, yours might be different so no bashing.
1. open search from the start menu and enter the phrase “firewall” (without the quotes). For Windows 7 and 8 they both have search from the Start. In Windows 8, search under Settings.
2. When the dialog box is open, click on the “Allow an app or feature through Windows Firewall” option. It should be located at the left sidebar.
3. Click on the button Change Settings. This will allow you to add more applications into the list. Note that you will need administrator access.
4. Scroll to the list below the alphabetical list of applications that begins with “w”. If Warcraft 3, Warcraft 3 Reign of Chaos and Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne is already on the list but the checkbox beside it is not checked then add a check on it. If the apps above are not listed, click on the button “Allow another app..” and select from the list of available applications, if you just copied your install chances are its not listed so you will need to browse where you put it. And then click “Add“.
5. Add both the Warcraft 3 and its expansion The Frozen Throne to the list. Be sure the checkboxes before its name and on the Private column is checked. After adding the apps, they should have the check mark at the Private column of the table otherwise add a tick to the checkbox to enable it.
7. Click OK and run Warcraft 3, you should now be able to join to any network or lan game.
It is important to know that both you and the game host must do the steps above for this to work smoothly.
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