It may be the case that the newer Starcraft BattleChest comes with a different set up now, but if it was like how I had it, you shouldn't need to switch discs.
#Starcraft brood war cd key install#
Starcraft should install independent of Brood War while Brood War depends on Starcraft, much in the way that Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void expansions for Starcraft II require that you own Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty. On a side note, when I bought my Battle Chest (12 years ago), the first disc was StarCraft and the second disc was the Brood War Expansion.
#Starcraft brood war cd key license key#
Once you log in select the "Games & Codes" menu and from there select "Add a Game Key." Enter your 13 digit code and you will then receive your license key which allows you to download the game. Blizzard allows you to register you 13 digit cd key to an account to receive a 26 digit key which you can use to use the downloaded installer. I had to reinstall for a reason I forgot on star craft and had to use the 26 digit cd key they provide you with blizzard accounts. NOT ALL OF THE CD KEYS WORK FOR STARCRAFT BUT MANY OF THEM DO.
However, that game requires a 26 digit key. For anyone having problem with running it or other in similar situation on newer OSs -> Open up a new text-file and save this as start-starcraft.batecho off
COLOR 03
ECHO - Press a key to shutdown Explorer and start Starcraft -
pause
taskkill /f /IM explorer.exe
PING 1.1.1. My cd key is 26 digits because at one time or another I decided to register at blizzard for all my games including Diablo 1 and 2, so I can reinstall them without the cd.
Hitting the Escape key while in the chat room will clear your typed text. STAR CRAFT: BROOD WAR v1.11b ENGLISH SINGLE PLAYER/MULTIPLAYER NO-CD (17.3KB) No-CD & No-DVD Patch troubleshooting: The most common problem getting a No-CD/No-DVD patch to work is ensuring that the No-CD/No-DVD patch matches youre game version, because the games exe is changed when a patch update is applied previous versions wont work. You will be able to launch them straight from your desktop. StarCraft Brood War Patch v1.16.1 (Windows) This is a new minor patch for Starcraft Brood War that will allow you to play the game without the need of the game CD. If you try downloading the Starcraft installer from Blizzard, you wont require the discs to play the game.
This isn't answering your question directly, but on the CD case for the original Starcraft (should be the first disc) there should be a 13 digit cd key.