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 Post subject: Games Explorer
PostPosted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:22 am 
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Get the Windows 7 Games Explorer working in Windows Server 2008 R2.

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Game Explorer/gameux.dll installer by AsciiWolf!

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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:12 pm 
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Here is an installer which install Games Explorer feature from Windows 7 to your Server 2008 R2 box.
Note: This installer includes Games Explorer feature, other "Games for Windows" components and Parental controls compatibility stack (Wpc.dll and essential WPC reg keys).

Updated: 09-08-2011

File: games_explorer.7z (1.64 MB)
SHA1: d18b9e298f015ffd9a5a4fb369547cc6c17a1b6a
MD5: 8cbc0ac1f033dc92700a4aa18495e4d5
Download: 4shared.

Note: Games Explorer will be fully functional on newly created user accounts only (except "Administrator" account). If your account was already created before the Games Explorer installation, please download the fix below and run it under the user account you want to use Games Explorer on.
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games_explorer_activation.zip

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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:55 pm 
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Avira reports trojan TR/Crypt.FKM.Gen in gameexplorer_setup.exe.

Edit: tried the installer, but no dice. I noticed it doesn't set the owner on the keys it creates to SYSTEM, like the guide for R1 says; I changed that, but it didn't make any difference. I also tried running Shell:Games and Shell:{games-guid}, but the first one just brought up the search window and the second did nothing.

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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:07 pm 
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Indrek wrote:
Avira reports trojan TR/Crypt.FKM.Gen in gameexplorer_setup.exe.


Here is what VirusTotal says for gameexplorer_setup.exe:

http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/cda7 ... 1255273487

A lot of them say "Suspicious", "Possible Threat" or "Heuristic" - normally these come up when you modify a file so it works differently (example: No-CD Cracks) as they are not viruses but some code in them is close to that of a virus.

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gameexplorer.png


In this screenshot it shows that it is from Microsoft, but as it is modified or whatever, it comes up under AV heurisitcs.


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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:25 pm 
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That exe file is not mine. It's taken from here and don't worry, there really aren't any viruses in that file...

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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
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Well, I got it working! :-)
So, I made an installer for it...

Enjoy!

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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 6:05 pm 
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you really got it working?...Well the archieve is broken and i cant test if its really working. New Upload would be nice=)
But thanks for your work=)

Edit: Okay...the archieveis not broken...Winrar was just unable to unzip it...with 7zip it worked.
Installed the gameexplorer now. Seem to work. Warcraft 3 is already in the Folder with all the informations. UT3 is not in the game explorer so far..We'll see.
Good Work:) Thank you


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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
PostPosted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:22 pm 
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AsciiWolf wrote:
Well, I got it working! :-)
So, I made an installer for it...
Attachment:
games_explorer.7z

Enjoy!
Great job again AsciiWolf! It works without any problems! :geek: I will add it to the manual as soon as my exams weeks are over! (maybe sooner) :)

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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
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Works great, nice job!

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 Post subject: Re: Games Explorer
PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:48 pm 
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Arris wrote:
AsciiWolf wrote:
Well, I got it working! :-)
So, I made an installer for it...
Attachment:
games_explorer.7z

Enjoy!
Great job again AsciiWolf! It works without any problems! :geek: I will add it to the manual as soon as my exams weeks are over! (maybe sooner) :)


Well, it's still buggy... :?
It'll not add all the games, but only some (e.g Bioshock is not added, but Mafia/Prince of Persia: SoT is added automatically without any problem).
(Looks like, it's not reading any data from \ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer\)
The next thing, that isn't working is Parental Control (or some components, that worked in R1 version of Game Explorer) - If I try to run some game, which use Parental Control (API), I get "Parental Control access denied" error message and then, game crashes... :(
edit: I found, I forgot to add some registry entries to the installer reg file. I'm working on it, new installer comming soon, stay tuned! ;-)

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