Counter-Strike not patching

[zachs23]

When I got Counter-Strike (The retail version) I couldn't play it online. This of course was because the game was not patched. I downloaded the most recent patch. When I try to patch it, however, the program does not recognize Counter-Strike. It says Counter-Strike does not exist in that directory, but of course, it does. What could be wrong?

[cdkiller]

reinstall, maybe registry entries are missing

[RincewindTheWiz]

Also, make sure you download the correct version of the patch. For cs retail, you need the cs1005.exe patch (1.21Mb), the mod patch has a different name.