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Many games that you install under Windows Server 2008 need the file gameux.dll to be present in the system32 directory, otherwise you will get error messages like this:

In this tutorial I will describe a 32bit and a 64bit installation.

Windows Server 2008 32bit

1. For the 32bit edition of Windows Server 2008 download gameux_32bit.zip from FreeUNH.org, unlimitednethosting.com, Rapidshare, Megaupload or 4Shared and extract the file gameux.dll to C:\Windows\System32\.

2. After extraction of the 32bit gameux.dll, register the file by running regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\gameux.dll in Start -> Run.

Windows Server 2008 64bit

1. If you use the 64bit edition of Windows Server 2008, download gameux_64bit.zip from FreeUNH.org, unlimitednethosting.com, Rapidshare, Megaupload or 4Shared and extract the gameux.dll in the folder System32 to C:\Windows\System32\ and the file gameux.dll in the folder SysWOW64 to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\.

2. After the extraction of the two gameux.dll files to the System32 and SysWOW64 folders, register the two .dll’s by running the command regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\gameux.dll C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gameux.dll.

Now the games that need gameux.dll won’t complain about it any longer! :)

Tags Server 2008 Workstation

6 Responses to “Missing gameux.dll”

  1. Missing gameux.dll | Windows 2008 Security Says:
    March 30th, 2008 at 1:36

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  2. Brent Says:
    April 10th, 2008 at 13:32

    I would also recommend http://www.dllempire.com/ for system dll files like gameux.dll

  3. DJShotty Says:
    April 25th, 2008 at 22:44

    Now the only problem is, whereabouts can people get their hands on the installations for Solitaire, Minesweeper etc., and the update that installs Hold ‘Em poker?

    Admin: It’s already in the Wish List.

  4. Dirk Says:
    May 27th, 2008 at 21:48

    Well hello,
    as I come from Germany you can not expect proper English^^
    I ran through that little guide., but entering the command” regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\gameux.dll C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gameux.dll ” there is an Error :(
    Failurecode 0×80070005
    Would be great if you have a clue what I could do about that problem
    THX

    Admin: For the whole manual you need to be logged in as a user from Administrators usergroup (for example the Administrator account) in order to have permissions to change your system configuration. Probably that’s your problem.

  5. rtlinux Says:
    June 7th, 2008 at 19:06

    Dirk, Register each one individually
    regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\gameux.dll
    regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gameux.dll

    That should do it for you

  6. Dennis Says:
    July 25th, 2008 at 7:37

    Dirk,

    I also ran into the same issue you mentioned. According to this Microsoft support article (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827659), this behaviour may occur if you try to run the commands with an account that does not have administrative privileges.

    When I explicitly opened a command prompt as an administrator, the commands executed succesfully.

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