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Nov 17 2011 04:03am
Quote (bob(Cs2) @ Nov 17 2011 05:00am)
TYVM for this - DEFINATELY needs to be stickied!!


You're welcome! Thanks. :)
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Nov 17 2011 04:44am
Quote (neosoph @ 17 Nov 2011 10:59)

1) Install Diablo 2 as you would normally using your 1st CD-Key.
2) Copy the entire "C:\Program Files\Diablo II" directory onto your desktop.
3) Change the name of the folder you just copied: "C:\Program Files\Diablo II" to "C:\Program Files\anythingelse"
4) Re-Install Diablo 2 using your 2nd CD-Key (you may be forced to uninstall first depending on your operating system).
5) Cut what you copied to your desktop and paste it in the "C:\Program Files\" directory.
6) Voila! You're done. Simply play the game from either directory to change Cd-Keys. You will not be able to play both at once.



You really only need to change the name of Diablo II to anything else, no need to copy and paste to desktop.
So for the already installed Diablo II, rename to "Diablo II-1", reinstall game and then rename that to "Diablo II-2".
The installer won't know that you renamed your Diablo II folder to Diablo II-1 so no need to copy and paste, since it goes by the Installation Dir in the registry. It can't find that path so it thinks you removed Diablo II.
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Nov 17 2011 04:54am
Quote (Ante0 @ Nov 17 2011 05:44am)
You really only need to change the name of Diablo II to anything else, no need to copy and paste to desktop.
So for the already installed Diablo II, rename to "Diablo II-1", reinstall game and then rename that to "Diablo II-2".
The installer won't know that you renamed your Diablo II folder to Diablo II-1 so no need to copy and paste, since it goes by the Installation Dir in the registry. It can't find that path so it thinks you removed Diablo II.


Thanks. :)

Reason I did that is I've had uninstall/install registry errors in the past for various random reasons. So this method is more likely to be guaranteed to work for the majority of people. But ofc you can use whatever is best for you.
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Nov 17 2011 07:05am
besides i would never install games on your system partition , i use a seperate hard drive for games , keeps the system clean and nice.
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Nov 17 2011 03:00pm
Quote (Gomunkulus @ Nov 17 2011 08:05am)
besides i would never install games on your system partition , i use a seperate hard drive for games , keeps the system clean and nice.


Not going to have people use an entire new partition just to fix r/d or change cd-keys lol.
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Nov 17 2011 07:19pm
Check the updated guide here.

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=59075269&f=21

Can a Moderator please close this? Thanks. :)

This post was edited by neosoph on Nov 17 2011 07:19pm
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