| Issue | Solution | |-------|----------| | Antivirus locking .CASC files | Add StarCraft II folder to antivirus exclusions | | Corrupted shader cache | Delete %LOCALAPPDATA%/StarCraft 2/Shaders and ProgramData/Blizzard Entertainment/StarCraft 2/Cache | | Insufficient disk space | Ensure >15 GB free – exclusive mode needs scratch space for defrag | | Old mechanical HDD | Defrag manually; consider moving to SSD | | Permissions error | Run Battle.net launcher as administrator once |
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Starcraft 2 Preparing Game Data Exclusive ((new))
| Issue | Solution | |-------|----------| | Antivirus locking .CASC files | Add StarCraft II folder to antivirus exclusions | | Corrupted shader cache | Delete %LOCALAPPDATA%/StarCraft 2/Shaders and ProgramData/Blizzard Entertainment/StarCraft 2/Cache | | Insufficient disk space | Ensure >15 GB free – exclusive mode needs scratch space for defrag | | Old mechanical HDD | Defrag manually; consider moving to SSD | | Permissions error | Run Battle.net launcher as administrator once |
