Can't install Diablo 2

[Jesamere]

Getting itchy for D3 I wanted to play through D2 once more (no beta club) but couldn't find the CD's anywhere so I re-purchased it from Blizzard online. Downloaded fine and the installer pops up and says "play diablo" - not "install diablo" but play. I shrug my shoulders and click play - NOTHING HAPPENS! I click "manual" and "support" it just gives me a link to the appropriate websites. There is also "uninstall" but that does nothing as well. It's very frustrating as I could have just torrented it and it would be working by now. I opened a ticket to Blizzard yesterday but they haven't answered it. Also i can't post in the diablo 2 or diablo 3 forums to ask there for help.

Can anyone offer any advice?

[Protoman]

Are you sure you installed it? Try going into C drive and see if there is a launcher or execute file from there you can click. If you didn't have to enter your cd key, then you prob haven't installed it properly.

[Jesamere]

I never installed it. That's my point. It think's it's installed for some strange reason. The only files are the install directory with the installer.exe and the .mpq files.

[Ghraxx]

Usually happens when you haven't taken a game off your computer correctly and then down the road when you try to install it again it thinks its still installed. Have you had it on your computer before?

[Jesamere]

Fresh Windows 7 install 4 weeks ago.

---------- Post added 2012-04-02 at 10:45 AM ----------

oh wow, I just checked the windows registry, an old diablo 2 game directory on my old HDD (just a storage drive now - which was never properly wiped) is listed in their. Gonna delete and try running the installer again.

---------- Post added 2012-04-02 at 10:49 AM ----------

Installing now, thanks for the pointer :-)