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    How does the Vista games folder work?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by darrickmartin, Feb 22, 2009.

  1. darrickmartin

    darrickmartin Notebook Evangelist

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    How does the vista games folder work?
    For some reason theres an entry called "Hoyle Card Games 2007" which I have no idea what it is...

    It however has a guild wars icon (i have guild wars installed) :confused:

    Is this just a weird Vista screwup? or could i potentially have some sort of adware on my system?
     
    darrickmartin, Feb 22, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Does anyone else use that computer?

    Hoyle Card Games 2007 appears to be legit.
     
    namaiki, Feb 22, 2009
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    Poorly, from experience :D , I've never bothered with it.

    If you won't be using it, you could get rid of it for peace of mind, but I'd just run a spyware scan and see if it picks it up. I know XP used to misassign icons sometimes - could be a similar thing.
     
    Dragunov-21, Feb 22, 2009
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  4. darrickmartin

    darrickmartin Notebook Evangelist

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    nope, im the only user of the computer
    i think it might just be a vista bug cause when i click it, guild wars opens... lol

    just double checking to make sure its not malware
     
    darrickmartin, Feb 22, 2009
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    So you DONT have guild wars?
     
    miscolobo, Feb 22, 2009
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  6. darrickmartin

    darrickmartin Notebook Evangelist

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    i do have guild wars
    i dont have hoyle card games
     
    darrickmartin, Feb 22, 2009
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    Sometimes the games folder screws up getting info about the game from the internet and ends up displaying the wrong picture and details. Nothing to worry about if your game works properly regardless.
     
    Harleyquin07, Feb 23, 2009
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    LOL

    Lemme get this straight

    You click on the card game icon and it launches guild wars
    :D :D

    Do you have an icon for guild wars in games as well????
     
    RaYYaN, Feb 23, 2009
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  9. darrickmartin

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    yeah, i have 3 icons for guild wars (for the different episodes)
    even though i only have prophecies
     
    darrickmartin, Feb 23, 2009
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    Yeah, I'm generally quite happy with Vista, but all sorts of weirdness seems to happen in the Games folder, and it's completely unclear to me why that is.

    My example: the "view" settings never stick. So I'll set it to view the files, say, as a List, and then I'll go back to the Games folder later and they'll be Large Icons. Any rhyme or reason as to why this happens???
     
    84CubsFan, Feb 26, 2009
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  11. Bungalo Bill

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    I just create my own games folder. I do the same thing in XP. C:\Games
     
    Bungalo Bill, Feb 26, 2009
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