adding more games to games folder

Hi.
I've installed Windows Vista beta two, and have been very pleasantly surprised so far. Especially when I noticed my Half-Life 2 install was automatically added to my games folder. I have question about it.
I read the Help/Support entry for it, and it said I could add a game to the Games menu by dragging the executable file to the Games directory.
So I did, but the icon remained the same. No information was downloaded, and I wasn't prompted to put in the information myself.
I'm trying to install Hitman: Blood Money which was released by Eidos about three weeks ago.
Cheers, Lasse Havelund

Well, I wouldn't say this is a bug - but it really can't not help to let them know :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
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--: Original message follows :-- "Lasse Havelund" wrote in message

Hi.
I've installed Windows Vista beta two, and have been very pleasantly surprised so far. Especially when I noticed my Half-Life 2 install was automatically added to my games folder. I have question about it.
I read the Help/Support entry for it, and it said I could add a game to the Games menu by dragging the executable file to the Games directory.
So I did, but the icon remained the same. No information was downloaded, and I wasn't prompted to put in the information myself.
I'm trying to install Hitman: Blood Money which was released by Eidos about three weeks ago.
Cheers, Lasse Havelund

Thanks, I've done that. It's really bugging me.
Cheers, Lasse Havelund
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Well, I wouldn't say this is a bug - but it really can't not help to let them know :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Lasse Havelund" wrote in message Hi.
I've installed Windows Vista beta two, and have been very pleasantly surprised so far. Especially when I noticed my Half-Life 2 install was automatically added to my games folder. I have question about it.
I read the Help/Support entry for it, and it said I could add a game to the Games menu by dragging the executable file to the Games directory.
So I did, but the icon remained the same. No information was downloaded, and I wasn't prompted to put in the information myself.
I'm trying to install Hitman: Blood Money which was released by Eidos about three weeks ago.
Cheers, Lasse Havelund

I would say this definately is a bug.
The help system says that you can drag a program exe to the games folder and you will be prompted to enter details about the game if Vista cannot find details itself. This is essential for Parental Control to work as how else would Vista know what rating the game has.
In addition, games dragged to the folder do not get listed under the games list when you try to allow/restrict access to specific games.
If this does not work then the whole Parental Control function of Vista is a non starter as kids can run any game that has no rating details.
I have the same problem with Prince of Persia (Warrior Within). I'm off to log a bug report now. :)
Duncs
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Well, I wouldn't say this is a bug - but it really can't not help to let
them know :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Lasse Havelund" wrote in message Hi.
I've installed Windows Vista beta two, and have been very pleasantly surprised so far. Especially when I noticed my Half-Life 2 install was automatically added to my games folder. I have question about it.
I read the Help/Support entry for it, and it said I could add a game to the Games menu by dragging the executable file to the Games directory.
So I did, but the icon remained the same. No information was downloaded, and I wasn't prompted to put in the information myself.
I'm trying to install Hitman: Blood Money which was released by Eidos about three weeks ago.
Cheers, Lasse Havelund

had the same problem with testeq2.exe try to drag it to the games folder, but all i get is a critical stop <bonk> did have an option to add it to my quick start menu, which i did for the mean time. Everquest 2 seemed to run fairly decently while it was in window mode on my computer, tho i did get some stuttering if i tried to select outside the active screen area.
"Lasse Havelund" wrote:

Hi.
I've installed Windows Vista beta two, and have been very pleasantly surprised so far. Especially when I noticed my Half-Life 2 install was automatically added to my games folder. I have question about it.
I read the Help/Support entry for it, and it said I could add a game to the Games menu by dragging the executable file to the Games directory.
So I did, but the icon remained the same. No information was downloaded, and I wasn't prompted to put in the information myself.
I'm trying to install Hitman: Blood Money which was released by Eidos about three weeks ago.
Cheers, Lasse Havelund

Thanks for confirming this and for filing the report.
Cheers, Lasse Havelund
"Dunc" wrote in message

I would say this definately is a bug.
The help system says that you can drag a program exe to the games folder and you will be prompted to enter details about the game if Vista cannot find details itself. This is essential for Parental Control to work as how else would Vista know what rating the game has.
In addition, games dragged to the folder do not get listed under the games list when you try to allow/restrict access to specific games.
If this does not work then the whole Parental Control function of Vista is a non starter as kids can run any game that has no rating details.
I have the same problem with Prince of Persia (Warrior Within). I'm off to log a bug report now. :)
Duncs
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Well, I wouldn't say this is a bug - but it really can't not help to let
them know :o) http://www.vistabase.co.uk/welcome.php?bugreport
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Lasse Havelund" wrote in message Hi.
I've installed Windows Vista beta two, and have been very pleasantly surprised so far. Especially when I noticed my Half-Life 2 install was automatically added to my games folder. I have question about it.
I read the Help/Support entry for it, and it said I could add a game to the Games menu by dragging the executable file to the Games directory.
So I did, but the icon remained the same. No information was downloaded, and I wasn't prompted to put in the information myself.
I'm trying to install Hitman: Blood Money which was released by Eidos about three weeks ago.
Cheers, Lasse Havelund