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September 3rd, 2010 | 
Author: Where is my addons menu!!? Lopeppeppy’s Guide on Mod Installation
With edits and updates by Unkle
If the button doesn’t appear on the WoW interface it’s because the mods aren’t installed correctly, (or alternatively, none installed at all).
1. Make sure you only have one copy of WoW installed and addons are in the correct directory. After a reinstall there is the possibility of having two or more copies of WoW on the same system and the addons have been inserted into the wrong folder. This is also common for Windiws Vista users as Patch 3.0.2 or the WotLK installer ask to move your WoW to a non-protected folder.
â— Using Repair Tool: When the repair tool is run the Interface and WTF folders get renamed with the date added to the file name. This means those addons won’t get loaded.
2. Make sure you are unzipping/uncompressing your addons. WinZip, WinRar, 7zip and StuffIt (for Mac) are common unzipping programs. WinZIP users: You MUST make sure the option to “Use Folder Names” is CHECKED or it will just extract the files and not make the proper folders as per the mod Authors structured directory paths.
3. Make sure that you aren’t installing addons while WoW is running. WoW doesn’t register addon changes until you logout and then back in, so save yourself some frustration and install while logged out and WoW is not running. Log in to check them, log back out as necessary to fix things.
4. Check the “Load Out of Date Addons” button on your Addons screen (when you install them properly, or if you already have some installed).
5. If using Windows VISTA see this article:
How-To: Trouble-Shoot AddOns under Vista by Lunessa/Unkle: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=6757867106&sid=1
6. For Mac Users: Check spelling. Make sure the AddOns folder is named and matches exactly the capital letters and spelling to be: AddOns (The “O” is a capital letter and not the number zero “0″)
â— Some other things to check â—
The most common error is that the unzipper program embedded them into an extra folder layer. If you have any questions about whether your addons are embedded one folder too deep, post a path for the .toc file of each addon
Windows XP:
C: \Program Files\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\MODFolder\ModName.toc
Windows Vista:
C: \users\public\games\World of Warcraft\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\MODFolder \ ModName.toc
INCORRECT EXAMPLE (the addons will not load properly.):
Windows XP/Vista:
..\World of Warcraft \Interface\AddOns\MODFolder1.23.456\MODFolder\ModName.toc
Mac OSX:
../World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns/MODFolder1.23.456/MODFolder/ModName.toc
There should only be one path-step between the AddOns step and the .toc step, and it should be the name of the addon (most usually). Look very closely at the directory structure, make sure that the addon’s folder is in the proper place.
Standard Interface Guide
â— http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=11381215&sid=1#3
Excellent FAQ
â— http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/faq.php?faq=install#faq_howto_install
Sample screen of file directory structure (Macs have same basic structure, though some minor differences)
â— http://www.wowinterface.com/storage/faq/correct.gif
WoW Addon Install Tutorial Nice video by Seerah.
â— http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dylXGXET8OA
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