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Can't put icons into Game Explorer
Name: wraith Date: July 18, 2008 at 22:15:18 Pacific OS: Vista Ultimate CPU/Ram: Athlon 5000+ / 2 GB Product: custom
Comment:
For some reason, all the old games disappeared from my Vista Game Explorer. Only the automatically added new games remained, and I can't drag icons into it anymore. When I drag an icon in, it doesn't appear in the game explorer. What could be causing this? Little stuff like this really frustrates me, so any help is much appreciated.
Name: Sabertooth Date: July 19, 2008 at 09:00:40 Pacific
Reply:
Still battling with this issue after all these months - huh...
Are you sure that you are dragging the actual executable (.exe) file for these errant--albeit old--games. You might want to go the install directory for the applicable games you are trying to manually add to Vista's games explorer & drag the exe from there.
Name: wraith Date: July 19, 2008 at 09:23:37 Pacific
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Yeah, the reason I'm back after months is that I fixed the problem, and then it came back. Anyway, my fix is a bit overkill, but it works if you really care about the problem. I simply "upgrade" from vista ultimate to vista ultimate. I don't make any change to my computer, but it seems to reset the game explorer, and it's back to working properly. But thanks for the reply. I just wish I knew what I'm doing wrong to turn it into that locked up state.
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: July 19, 2008 at 10:09:48 Pacific
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OK try toy with the trick below and let us know if it actually works.
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