Diablo® III

I tried to log in today a few times after my game was already "Up to date" after installing some minor updates and I constantly get this message :
"A new patch for Diablo III is available. THe game will now close and apply the patch automatically. You will be able to continue playing after the patch has been applied. "
Then the game minimizes and I get some troubleshooter that suggests to either close Diablo III or look for online solutions... Please tell me how to fix that ,
Thanks

P.S. I tried restarting my computer and trying again afterwards but still nothing happened.

Hello Velnrak, I tried what you said and I followed exactly the steps given, yet I still have the problem, after the game minimizes/closes the window that says "Diablo III has stopped working" still appears and I have to either look for online solution or terminate the program ...

what to do from here i dont understand. what is the "pre" button?

I have the exact same problem. It has occured to me earlier, but got fixed the next day for some reason, I guess the game actually patched or something.

I've tried all the standard reasons for this to happen, but it occurs even if I don't use my normal login info. It seems to be something happening in the game itself, I can log onto the US and SEA servers FYI. Made a ticket but no1 replied until the problem fixed itself. its weird though, all of my friends can still play as we speak.

Velnrak, its not only him its alot of people that have this issue, nothing wrong with our computers or hard drive...

I have the same/similar issue. I opened the Launcher and it began to install the patch. Once done, I clicked play. I typed in my E-mail and Password and clicked enter. Then as it comes up with the screen which says "Connecting to Diablo 3 servers" blah, it said that I need the latest patch and closes with the same message said by the guys above.

It is the famous patch-loop thingy. there are few stickied thread already, but, i tried everything, nothing helped me. Im playing US version of game in Europe servers.
1. I can join to US server and play
2. If i switch region to Europe - i get infinite patch loop
3. Found a way to play a game - thats an easy way out. If nothing helps - uninstall d3 and start installing it again. When the game is playable - from 30% or something to 99% - freeze the downloading every time. If u install game to 100% - u get patch loop again. Hope this helps for ppl who cant play the game.

been there done that, does not work!

ive tried the run as admin thing. now it still ask for an update patch, and when i click on, it gives me an error 740

Same thing is happening to me

""I tried to log in today a few times after my game was already "Up to date" after installing some minor updates and I constantly get this message :
"A new patch for Diablo III is available. THe game will now close and apply the patch automatically. You will be able to continue playing after the patch has been applied. "
Then the game minimizes and I get some troubleshooter that suggests to either close Diablo III or look for online solutions... Please tell me how to fix that ""

please help

yeah after the game tells me that i need a new patch, it minimize, then tells me i have already another d3 open, and then closes.

Do you have all of the latest http://www.windowsupdate.com/" class="bml-link-url2">Windows Updates</a>?

after the game minimizes/closes the window that says "Diablo III has stopped working"

Is there anything more to this error?
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Velnrak,
I have had this problem both with this patch AND the previous patch a week ago.

Last time, I was able to play the next day. But not until then.

I'm a bit aggravated that both myself AND hundreds, if not thousands, of other people have had this same problem. And, neither last week, since last week, nor apparently TODAY has ANYBODY, blue or not, been aware of the issue.

Could you please talk to your supervisors about this. It's sad that there has not been a fix yet. I am in America. I can switch to Europe and play just fine. I just cant play on my own server without it saying "there is a patch, diablo 3 will now restart and apply it" and then D3 crashes.

Blizz NEEDS to get off their butts and fix this. If it only happened once, then oh well. But again the very next week???? Lazy. Who knows how many more patches will cause this problem???????!

Same thing is happening to me

""I tried to log in today a few times after my game was already "Up to date" after installing some minor updates and I constantly get this message :
"A new patch for Diablo III is available. THe game will now close and apply the patch automatically. You will be able to continue playing after the patch has been applied. "
Then the game minimizes and I get some troubleshooter that suggests to either close Diablo III or look for online solutions... Please tell me how to fix that ""

please help

reinstall the game and dont let it to download 100% while waiting for a fix. every time you doubleclick d3 icon spam play button. I had my game downloaded to 70% played teh game for a week. today i forgot about patch loop, letting game fully download - got the problem again.

yeah i had the same prob last week too. coudnt play till next day too.

Have the same problem.. Have not switched from US to EU or the other way around.

It seems like the first time you start the game, the initializer on the launcher takes for ever to load (patching something?). Then I get the login screen, trying to log in and get the 704 error (the requested operation requires elevation).

Now I'm stuck in this loop.. Must be something the patcher is doing, not our systems.
Running on win 7 with Nividia Geforce 8800 GTS, DX 11

Edit: It seems like I can start a new character on US server, where I normally play on EU.
The EU server seems to be broken for me.

Getting this error at the moment as well.