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Had a small problem when launching CoD: World at War for the first time in that when you select New Game, and the difficulty level is displayed nothing happens. As it turns out it's a profile bug. You need to do the followingto get the game to workas this worked for me.

(From the Call of Duty Forums)

For those who cannot start the Solo campaign after choosing the difficulty, this is the solution:

1: For Windows Vista, go to C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Local\Activision\CoDWaW
(Vista c:/user/yourusername/appdata/local/activision/Codwaw/players/profiles)

For Windows XP, you can find it in Documents and Settings

2: Delete __CoDWaWmp (if you have it)

3: Go to players\profiles and delete all the player profiles there (if no folders are present, move to next step)

4: Create a new folder with the name you want for your profile

5: Create a text file named "active" alongside your profile folder (do not put it in the profile folder you just created; the profile folder and text file are in the same folder--the profiles folder)

6: In the text file type your profile name and save it (make sure your profile folder and name in the text file match)

7: Run game and play!

The reason it does not start is because you do not have a profile to save your progress. To verify this 'fix' has worked, your profile name should appear in the main menu under "offline: name-of-your-profile" at the top right corner of the screen."

Just another good example of the type of bug that seems to be more and more prevelant in todays games...