Patch 1.2 says it can't find my directory even though it's there and was running fine before! Any solutions?

Try manually downloading the patch. I'm not certain but perhaps it will allow you to browse for your folder during installation.
Version 1.2 Download

Need more info if we're going to be able to help.

What version of the game are you using?

According to the .exe's properties, I'm using 1.1.0.0 currently.

If anyone else has any suggestions, I'm open to them...

Sorry, i mean, DVD, D2D, EADM, Steam? etc

Oh, I have the DVD - the limited edition one, if that helps.

How about checking in the windows registry to see if the game's installation directory is correct.
Look in the following registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Crytek\Crysis 2
Have the Crysis2 reg folder highlighted and observe the directory shown on the right panel. Double click on 'Install Dir' to modify it.

Is the game installed on the C drive? I don't have mine in the default program files directory, mine is installed in C:\Games\Crysis2. But if you have it installed on a separate drive such as D:\Crysis2 it might cause a problem.

I have DVD Limited Edition as well, installed in non default location, and game was auto patched without any problems.

Everything's fine in my registry Install Dir refers to C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\Crytek\Crysis 2\ which is correct.

I guess I'll come back tomorrow and see if there's any solutions available.

I've had a good search around today for this problem. It seems to happen a lot with various games on Vista and Windows 7.
A couple of things to try:
Disable Antivirus while you install the game. Anti virus software can prevent the program from accessing your Windows registry to find out where you have the game installed. If that doesn't work try disabling your firewall while you patch up.
Another suggestion was to make sure you run the exec as an administrator, in this case the exec would be Crysis2Launcher.exe.
And also try downloading the patch manually, put it in the directory of your game and then run it.

The antivirus one sounds most promising lol.

Same to me ... but I can play the game

I found a solution to the problem and I have the game installed on a non-default location on my C-drive I don't know how many of you use no-cd cracks to silence your computers and skip the work of finding the box and putting in the disc, I at least hate that procedure and therefore thank the pirates for making it possible for me to run my Pc games without putting in the disc every time (this is one of my most hated parts of being mainly a console gamer xD).
So if you haven't figured it out yet I would suggest you see what I wrote in this same-themed post: http://www.gamesas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=21146&p=235065#p235065

I hope this helps those of you who also skip the disc-check (this is why I love Steam btw )

EDIT: User Kanoobi let me know in the linked post above that a crack is not even needed to run the game without the disc in... so now I'm not sure if I by assuming that it was necessary created a problem for myself by cracking it... Oh well, in that case I guess people should do as the other user ifritgr says in his post right after mine in the linked thread.

No need to crack... that's new for me... :S

I just figured this out today. To install a patch, don't download a patch for the retail, in the bin32 folder, go to crysis launcher, it should launch the download patch automatically when you click it. It worked for me.