Vista - Games are installing correctly, but not really?????

Hi:

I've loaded 2 games in the last week - BioShock and World of Conflict
- and by all accounts the games installed correctly, i.e., no error
notices, weird terminations of the install, etc. But, in both cases
the install programs did not create desktop icons and are not listed
when I click Start > All Programs. I can navigate to the folders
where the games are installed and click on the program and the games
will start up OK, but I'm mystified by the lack of folders/icons on
the desktop or start menu since just about every program I've ever
installed under any version of Windows have created these entries.

Can anybody comment on what's going on here?

TIA

Tom Young

Bioshock doesn't create desktop shortcuts or start menu items.
The trend for new games (on Vista) will be to use "only" Games Explorer.
After all thats what its for.
If you really need a shortcut just create one yourself, put it where you
need it (and if necessary use the icon from Bioshock.exe)

Phypps


"TomYoung" <tgyoung@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Oct 12, 2:10 am, "phypps" <nob...@xxxxxx> wrote:Ah! Thanks, the Games Explorer is a Vista "feature" that I wasn't
aware of. It seems like the games' installers should make reference
to the Games Explorer for all new users of Vista - which includes most
everybody I suppose - just so we're not asking silly questions like
this. Or maybe the games' installers *did* mention it and I just
didn't notice.

Tom Young

"TomYoung" <tgyoung@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Nah the installers don't mention it.

I find placing shortcuts solely in the Games Explorer rather annoying. I've
had a moan about this before, but have yet to get people to listen. At the
very least the Games Explorer should be an indexable location, so they can
be launched with Start Search.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
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"Paul Smith" <Paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7DFAD30E-3963-4D08-B2E7-4063C8DD6451@xxxxxxGames Explorer is one of the few things I really like in Vista. I love
seeing box art and having manual access and the ability to put in custom
shortcuts for various games. I don't like that you can't add your own box
art (lame), or that you can't submit box art to Microsoft for inclusion or
consideration for inclusion.

On my system I used to copy all my game shortcuts onto the toolbar in a
custom folder, rarely ever use the start menu to find games, and I try to
keep my desktop clutter free as much as possible. So yeah, I like Games
Explorer, it's a step in the right direction. I just wish they'd make it
easier to change the shortcuts, and allow people to submit box scans or use
their own.

-A.