Explorer windows where games are kept is not working

Hi,

I just installed Windows Vista a couple days ago and have been loading
programs and games over the last two days. When I click on the start button
and then on the games tab on the right column of the start menu, it opens up
a games folder (I guess this is called the "Game Explorer"?) containing the
game icon and link to that game. Well now I get the following error message
when I click on any of them:

"This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel."

OK, it doesn't matter what icon I click on, I get the same message. It
happens for windows games (ie-Minesweeper) or games I've installed myself
(ie-Crysis).

Furthermore, I can go into the start button the old fashion way and the game
starts fine. (ie - Start-> All Programs -> Games).

I can't figure out how to correct this error. If I drag a working link into
this folder, then the link stops working.

I used system restore to go back to the time of the clean install and had to
reload everything one at a time. Each time I would check to make sure the
game explorer would still be working. Well, it worked until I installed the
Microsoft Flight Simulator Acceleration Expansion Pack. Now it is back to
this error message. I am now at my wits end as I have spent the last 3 days
loading program and reloading programs but nobody has ever heard of this
problem.

Any ideas?
Any ideas?

You've answered your own question!

Don't install the Flight Simulator Pack.

"Tim Miser" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just installed Windows Vista a couple days ago and have been loading
> programs and games over the last two days. When I click on the start button
> and then on the games tab on the right column of the start menu, it opens up
> a games folder (I guess this is called the "Game Explorer"?) containing the
> game icon and link to that game. Well now I get the following error message
> when I click on any of them:
>
> "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this
> action. Create an association in the Set Associations control panel."
>
> OK, it doesn't matter what icon I click on, I get the same message. It
> happens for windows games (ie-Minesweeper) or games I've installed myself
> (ie-Crysis).
>
> Furthermore, I can go into the start button the old fashion way and the game
> starts fine. (ie - Start-> All Programs -> Games).
>
> I can't figure out how to correct this error. If I drag a working link into
> this folder, then the link stops working.
>
> I used system restore to go back to the time of the clean install and had to
> reload everything one at a time. Each time I would check to make sure the
> game explorer would still be working. Well, it worked until I installed the
> Microsoft Flight Simulator Acceleration Expansion Pack. Now it is back to
> this error message. I am now at my wits end as I have spent the last 3 days
> loading program and reloading programs but nobody has ever heard of this
> problem.
>
> Any ideas?
> Any ideas?
>

Don't install "Don't install the Flight Simulator Pack", and contact
Microsoft for an update regarding that pack.


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