One of the stunning changes in Vista is its Game Explorer, targeted at Gamers. From the start menu click on the GAMES folder and u get a cool new gaming interface called as the 'Games Explorer' ! All games have been put together here in one place.
Right-click a game's icon and you get easy access to a menu of play tasks and online options, such as linking to the game's website.
At the bottom of the Window you get all the details of the game like when made, when played, publisher, etc.
In the right pane, you can see the game requirements and the systems ratings. This is really useful info which can tell you instantly how well the game will played on your system.
On the top, apart from other buttons, is instant access to 'parental controls' here one can determine how long and when all and which particular game/s users/kids can play.
Using the Games Explorer command bar, you can easily access any game-related settings for your software or hardware. You can drag the shortcuts of games installed in some other folder here too.
If on running a game from the Games Explorer, you get an error message :
This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the set associations ControlPanel
then, open regedit and navigate to following key:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\lnkfile
In RHS, create a new String value (REG_SZ) Call it IsShortcut > OK > Close Regedit > Reboot.
