Used to bypass around GameRanger limitation of not being able to launch Warcraft III in windowed mode.
To run Warcraft III in windowed mode you must pass the -window argument to the game, but GameRanger does not have an option for that. The solution was to take a program that requires no arguments, but launches the game in windowed mode.
This program attempts to read the command line to execute from a configuration file. If file is missing or there is an error reading it, then it will tttempt to use default Warcraft III location: C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\Frozen Throne.exe.
The configuration file fakew3.txt only has the command line to execute, using the full path to the game (and passing the required -window argument). Example:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Warcraft III\Frozen Throne.exe" -window
Please remember to wrap the path (but not the -window argument) with double quotes ", as shown in the example.
Currently GameRanger requres an executable file named Frozen Throne.exe and a file named War3x.mpq to be present in the same folder to allow it to be selected as Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. An empty file with that name currently does the trick.
I have not tested it but my guess is that for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos you need an empty file named War3.mpq, and rename this program to Warcraft III.exe