Information of the game in the games window

The game window is a quite interesting feature of Vista. And since the service patch 2 my customizations are no longer to be "forgotten" which resulted with me actually using the game window.

One good thing about the game window is how it automatically organizes and groups the genre-based games. For example, the game Oblivion gets nicely nestled in the category "role play". Warcraft 3 finds its place in the category 'strategy '. Windows does this automatically. It is useful.

However, I can't find any way to change how Vista organized these games, in which case I feel that Vista has not grouped around a game properly. For example, Quake 3 is in the category called "Unspecified." I guess maybe because it is a longer game that Vista cannot find information about it to well rank it. Is it possible that I can classify it? I tried to drag and drop for Quake 3 icon for the category 'Action', but that does not work.

A more recent title is not correctly classify himself is a role called Drakensang game. Drakensang is currently in the category 'not specified '. I want to reclassify as well but I can't seem to find a way to do it.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi CrazyAccessProgrammer,

When you install games for Windows on Windows Vista, shortcuts to the games are located in the Games Explorer folder. The Games Explorer folder is the central location for all the games on the computer. In the Games Explorer folder, you can find and open the games that are installed on the computer, download the game information and keep track of the games you've played lately.

Note: New games generally automatically appear in the Games Explorer folder. However, some earlier games may not appear automatically in the folder of games. Explorer If the game does not automatically appear in the Games Explorer folder, drag the executable file of the game in the Games Explorer folder. The game executable file is located in the folder where you installed the game.

NOTE: Microsoft games will be classified in different categories by default. However the games non-Microsoft will in the category unspecified.

Hope this information is useful.
Let me know if it worked.
All the best!

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