Get Windows Vista Game Explorer in Windows XP

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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:

Download All Vista Games

All instructions for installing games in XP are given at above link, so please follow them carefully.

Thanks to Rakshit for creating Game Explorer and Jonathan for porting Vista games to XP...

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newkon

thanks good blog and post
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
Jeet Chowdhury

Is it add 3rd party games also?????
goldi

:?: VG it is of 197 mb i needed only 60 mb please help
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!
VG

^^ Windows Vista Lite edition is a pirated version so can't help about that and there is no link to download Vista games.
Rigved

If I install Vista games on xp n then install games explorer,
Will the shortcuts work ???
VG

^^ Not tested.