Windows Games Explorer Play/Support Tasks

Question

I'm trying to get a game I'm working on to integrate with the Windows Games Explorer. So far I have embedded a Game Definition Format XML file as a resource in my binary (my actual executable) and I've been able to register the game inside the Games Explorer.

However, In Vista, the play tasks and support tasks that I have defined in my GDF don't display. The only valid link that shows up in Vista's context menu is a link to the 'Saved Games' folder for my game. In Windows 7, it all works fine.

What do I need to do to get play tasks and support tasks to display correctly in Windows Vista?

Answer 1

IIRC, you have to create the actual shortcut ( %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer\{yourguid}\PlayTasks\0\Play.lnk ) And you probably want to get the GameExplorer path with a known folder id