So far we have covered how to get Windows Vista Personalization, System Properties and Welcome Center in Windows XP? Today we are going to discuss about very famous "Vista Game Explorer".
In this tutorial, we'll learn how to get Vista styled Game Explorer in Windows XP.
The above screenshot has been taken from Windows XP and you can see it looks like Vista Game Explorer.
You just need to follow these simple steps to make it working in Windows XP:
1. Download Following ZIP file, extract it and you'll get an EXE file:
Download Vista Game Explorer for XP
2. You can run it and it'll show you same Vista Game Explorer but the game shortcuts will not work because the games are not installed in your Windows.
3. You can download all games from following link:
All instructions for installing games in XP are given at above link, so please follow them carefully.
Credit goes to Rakshit for creating the Game Explorer and to Jonathan for porting Vista games to XP...
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newkon
thanks good blog and post
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Osku Kaskisola
What next ?
goldi
VG i just downloaded nero 9 trial & want to try it on windows xp sp 3, but after finishing installation nero doesnt start it says requirement of dot net 3.0 or higher , so i searched dot net 3.0 & got from ms about 2.8 mb but when i trying to install it, it asks to download dot net setup files about 60 mb. can u give me direct link of full dot net in order to nero 9 works
VG
^^ Here you go:
http://www-pc.uni-regensburg.de/systemsw/tools/net/3.5/dotnetfx35.exe
Jeet Chowdhury
Is it add 3rd party games also?????
goldi
Kaity
amazing game
Tangmeister
Hey Vishal,
I really want to get .NET Framework 3.5 as well, but the only issue is that it seems even Microsoft is lying here... any suggestions?
The "offline installer", 200 mb, needs yet another 60 mb download... any way a dial up friend can get it?
Thx.
GD
VG brother,
where can i get all the games of Vista For Vista..a friend of mine has Vista Lite edition, thjat dont come with the gamers..however, i just want the games..all of them. the link u gave me are about Vista games working on XP. but can i have just the Vista games...thanx a ton!