Games folder not gathering information

Thanks for the heads up. I will give it a go. The help states that it
should ask for information when you manually add to the folder, but this is
not happening at this time. It might be a good idea if it tries to pull from
allgames.com (as it does for a number of games) and then presents a pop-up to
make sure that the right information is being pulled - or a search function
to allow this to happen.

I'll post results of manula editing once I have them.

"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Bob Hessenauer" <Bob Hessenauer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A6129D54-3DD6-453B-87AE-779F6462F378@microsoft.com...
>

> > I would like to know the following - is it possible to manually edit
> > information in the Games folder? If not, is there a way to have Vista
> > poll
> > allgames for information manually? I have a number of games (some from
> > Microsoft) that the Games folder has steadfastly refused to retrieve the
> > box
> > art and ESRB information from allgames as it should have.

>
> Box art is working here but BBFC and PEGI ratings aren't coming down for me.
>
> The data is stored in the registry under:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
> GameUX.
>
> I've not yet tried editing myself, but you could give it a go.
>
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> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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OK, we are getting quite close. I was able to gather and input all of the
information needed in the registry, except for the WMGameID. I think that if
I can get this value and place it in the appropriate registry keys the system
will perform as expected.

Any more suggestions??

PS - Thanks for the inpur to date...it has been extremely useful


"Paul Smith" wrote:

> "Bob Hessenauer" <Bob Hessenauer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A6129D54-3DD6-453B-87AE-779F6462F378@microsoft.com...
>

> > I would like to know the following - is it possible to manually edit
> > information in the Games folder? If not, is there a way to have Vista
> > poll
> > allgames for information manually? I have a number of games (some from
> > Microsoft) that the Games folder has steadfastly refused to retrieve the
> > box
> > art and ESRB information from allgames as it should have.

>
> Box art is working here but BBFC and PEGI ratings aren't coming down for me.
>
> The data is stored in the registry under:
>
> HKEY_LOCAL MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \
> GameUX.
>
> I've not yet tried editing myself, but you could give it a go.
>
> --
> Paul Smith,
> Yeovil, UK.
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
> http://www.windowsresource.net/
>
> *Remove 'nospam.' to reply by e-mail*
>
>