Carbonite - Install

The CarboniteReadMe.txt file that is in the zip file you download contains installation instructions and a User Guide.

Or use the instructions below.

Instructions:

Click on "Downloads" in the website navigation bar. Click on a file link to start the zip file download. You would "open" the downloaded file or you can double click zip files to open them on Windows.

You unzip the downloaded zip file to the Game's Interface\Addons folder and you are done.

Look at the shortcut (right click the Warcraft icon and select properties) you use to start Warcraft to get the path to where the game is installed.

Typical locations for the AddOns folder:

Windows XP: "C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns"
Windows Vista: "C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns"
Mac: "Machintosh HD/Applications/World of Warcraft/Interface/AddOns"

Warcraft only finds addons when it starts. Close Warcraft before you install an addon.

Vista or Windows 7 installation:

When you click a file link a dialog box should ask to "Open" or "Save". If you click "Open", then it will download the file and then show the contents. Near the top of the window that shows the file contents is a "Extract all files" button. Left click that and then click "Browse..." in the new window that opens. If you don't know the addon folder location, then look at the shortcut (right click and select properties) you use to launch Warcraft to get the path to where it is installed. Use the "Select a destination" window that opened to left click on "Computer" then (C:) or whatever drive it is installed on. Continue to click until you are at the game's "Interface\AddOns" folder.

The Vista default path is
"C:\Users\Public\Games\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns"

Now left click "OK" at the bottom of the window and you should see "(the game path)\Interface\AddOns" in the "Files will be extracted to this folder:" line. Now click the "Extract" button at the bottom of the window. If it asks to overwrite files, which it will the next time you install another version of Carbonite and you did not delete the existing folder, then click "Yes".

You would then have 3 folders:

World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\Carbonite
World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\CarboniteNodes
World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\CarboniteTransfer

Macintosh installation:

1 Go to the Carbonite website.
2 Click on "Downloads" in the website navigation bar.
3 Click on the newest file link in the download list.
4 When the download is finished you would "open" the downloaded file by right clicking the name and selecting "Open".
5 Select "Edit" from the Finder menu bar and then "Select All".
6 Select "Edit" from the Finder menu bar and then "Copy 5 Items".
7 On the left side of the Finder. Left click "Applications".
8 On the right side of the Finder. Double left click "World of Warcraft", then "Interface" and "Addons".
9 Select "Edit" from the Finder menu bar and then "Paste Items".

If It does not work:

If Carbonite is not loading when you login with a character.

Check the "World of Warcraft\Interface\Addons" folder for these folders and files:

Carbonite (a folder)
CarboniteNodes (a folder)
CarboniteTransfer (a folder)
CarboniteLicenseAgreement.txt
CarboniteReadMe.txt

Look in the Carbonite folder. You should see:

Bindings.xml
Carbonite.lua
Carbonite.toc
Carbonite.xml
CarboniteLicenseAgreement.txt
CarboniteReadMe.txt
Gfx (a folder)
Snd (a folder)

If you don't see these files, then try the steps again, since you probably unzipped it to a different location and the game will not be able to load the files.

Still have old version:

Check the version number in the Addons list or the Carbonite minimap button tooltip. If it shows a lower number that what you just downloaded, then you unzipped it to the wrong folder.

If you have Vista, then the 3.0.2 patch probably moved your AddOns folder and you may be unzipping to the old location.

Look at the shortcut (right click and select properties) you use to launch Warcraft to get the path to where the game is installed.

General Debugging Steps:

Reboot the computer.

Look at the shortcut (right click and select properties) you use to launch Warcraft to get the path to where it is installed.
So if the shortcut says "ABC\World of Warcraft\Launcher.exe", then your addon path is
"ABC\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns".

In the file paths shown below, you need to replace ABC with the actual location!

If you have an old version of Carbonite, then delete any existing Carbonite folders before unzipping it.

If you have an old version of Carbonite, Run WoW and check addons list. Carbonite should not be in the list. Exit WoW. If it was in the list, then it is being found in some other location. You need to delete it from every location, so you can have a clean install.

Unzip the downloaded Carbonite zip file to "ABC\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns".
You would now have a "ABC\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\Carbonite" folder.
Look in the Carbonite folder. Do you see Carbonite.lua, Carbonite.toc and Carbonite.xml files?

They would be at
"ABC\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\Carbonite\Carbonite.lua"
"ABC\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\Carbonite\Carbonite.toc"
"ABC\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns\Carbonite\Carbonite.xml"

If you don't then you probably made a Carbonite folder and unzipped into that, which will not work.

You unzip the files to "ABC\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns". The Carbonite folder will be made when you unzip the zip files.

Run WoW and check the addons list by clicking "Addons" on the character select screen. Carbonite should be shown. Log in with the registered character. Check the version number in the Carbonite minimap button tooltip.

Settings Won't Save:

If the game settings won't save, you will see the license agreement every time you log in.

Addon settings are saved by the game when you log out. Many people have had that problem with Warcraft in general, Vista makes it worse and it normally effects the entire game, not just a single addon.

On Vista, right click the shortcut you use to start the game and select "Run as administrator". If that makes the settings save, then it is a permissions problem.

On XP, right click the shortcut you use to start the game and select "Run as...", click "The following user" and set the user name to Administrator.

If that makes the settings save, then it is a write permissions problem.

The WTF folder may be Read-only. You can right click the WTF folder in the World of Warcraft folder, select Properties and make sure it is not set to "Read-only". You could also rename the WTF folder to WTFold and see if it starts saving.