How to update cracked WC3 v1.02 -> v1.02a

[aLarian]

Note first that performing this upgrade doesn't mean you will have a cracked and working version of 1.02a, you will still need to crack the executable whenever a crack is available!!

But since Blizzard won't submit a manual upgrade executable file on their homepage I figured out another way of doing this.

1. Download the 1.02 patch from www.blizzard.com/war3/files
2. Patch your cracked version of Warcraft 3
3. You will now have a "clean" v1.02 war3.exe file
4. Copy war3.exe from your Warcraft III folder to another location
5. Use the 1.02 crack
6. Log on to battle.net
7. An update will be downloaded to your computer and you will be asked to restart your game. Here's where it starts to get hard!
8. Alt+tab out of the game
9. Copy your "clean" war3.exe from the other location, but DON'T answer whether you want to replace the file or not, you will do this later.
10. Close all windows except the "File replacement" dialog-window
11. Alt+tab back to the game.
12. This is the final step, but it must be done VERY fast.
12a. click restart
12b. alt+tab to the file replacement dialog-window and click 'Yes'

NOTE!! step 12a and 12b has to be done within a second or the game will try to update your cracked version of Warcraft 3, this will not work! The file has to be replaced before the patching program has finished loading!!

I hope you get it to work, and I hope there will be a crack out for 1.02a ASAP!!