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How do I make Games Explorer (folder) download box art?

When a game is installed, the system checks a database and if it recognizes
the game, it points to a existing piece of art on Microsofts server (such
as:
http://images.metaservices.microsoft...14664odhuq.jpg )

I assume you are asking how to get a game to have the right art when it
doesn't do it automatically. At the moment, I have not heard of anyone who
manually updated a game in the Explorer to have art (I tried but even in
Regedit I was unable to make it work). The Games Explorer (GE) is a lot more
complicated than a simple folder or menu. About the only thing you can do
until someone comes up with a utility program is to drag and drop the game
icon into GE and use the default icons.

Mark


"Amrykid" <amrykid@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> How do I make Games Explorer (folder) download box art?

Have you tried right clicking on the game, then Customize, Edit, Change
Icon...?

"Mark" <mark_butler@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> When a game is installed, the system checks a database and if it
> recognizes the game, it points to a existing piece of art on Microsofts
> server (such as:
> http://images.metaservices.microsoft...14664odhuq.jpg )
>
> I assume you are asking how to get a game to have the right art when it
> doesn't do it automatically. At the moment, I have not heard of anyone who
> manually updated a game in the Explorer to have art (I tried but even in
> Regedit I was unable to make it work). The Games Explorer (GE) is a lot
> more complicated than a simple folder or menu. About the only thing you
> can do until someone comes up with a utility program is to drag and drop
> the game icon into GE and use the default icons.
>
> Mark
>
>
> "Amrykid" <amrykid@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:08A35E75-29F3-420F-A884-3122CC5A3D72@microsoft.com...
>>
>> How do I make Games Explorer (folder) download box art?
>

Unfortunately that is simply the icon for the object, not the graphic shown
in the GE. (ico file rather than a jpg)

In the registry: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX has a
"BoxArt" entry for each installed game, however on self-registered games
(i.e. dragged and dropped onto the GE) the entry doesn't seem to work even
if manually added. The only real difference is the "ConfigInstallType"
entry, (3 for recognized games, 4 for self-registered games, so I suspect it
has something to do with that (and changing it manually doesn't work
either).

With luck someone will create a game-register program that will allow us to
add in the ones not automatically recognized.

Mark



"Mac" <mac@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:39632858-B2B8-47F5-950B-47C200A3C1A6@microsoft.com...
> Have you tried right clicking on the game, then Customize, Edit, Change
> Icon...?
>
> "Mark" <mark_butler@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:48B36B98-91B4-4283-9BA3-96781C324623@microsoft.com...
>> When a game is installed, the system checks a database and if it
>> recognizes the game, it points to a existing piece of art on Microsofts
>> server (such as:
>> http://images.metaservices.microsoft...14664odhuq.jpg )
>>
>> I assume you are asking how to get a game to have the right art when it
>> doesn't do it automatically. At the moment, I have not heard of anyone
>> who manually updated a game in the Explorer to have art (I tried but even
>> in Regedit I was unable to make it work). The Games Explorer (GE) is a
>> lot more complicated than a simple folder or menu. About the only thing
>> you can do until someone comes up with a utility program is to drag and
>> drop the game icon into GE and use the default icons.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>> "Amrykid" <amrykid@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:08A35E75-29F3-420F-A884-3122CC5A3D72@microsoft.com...
>>>
>>> How do I make Games Explorer (folder) download box art?
>>