Is there a reason why both the back-slash '\' and the forward-slash '/' appear in the path? Should it be all backslashes?
Also, are you using the DOS edition of the wc2 CD instead of the battle.net one to get the data files? You are supposed to use the DOS warcraft 2 CD. Is your wc2 data file location compressed?
I guess i have to search for my old Warcraft 2 DOS version aswell. BTW is wargus more balanced in multiplayer than the original Warcraft 2? Ogre bloodlust imbaness incoming?