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Games Explorer and gameux.dll

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Since Windows Vista the Game Explorer has been added to Windows. The Game Explorer summarizes all (Games Explorer compatible) games installed on the computer together with some information. Many games that you install in Windows Server 2008 R2 need the file gameux.dll to be present in the system32 directory, otherwise you will get error messages about a missing gameux.dll file. At this page we will download and install gameux.dll and the Games Explorer so most of the games can be played! The files are extracted from the clean Windows 7 x64 RTM dvd. If you don’t want the Game Explorer, it is also possible to only install gameux.dll

1. Download the Games Explorer package from one of the mirrors provided here.

2. Extract the .zip or .7z using 7-Zip to a folder and run install(.cmd)
Extract the archive and install using install.cmd

 

Continue to install the missing xinput9_1_0.dll file…


7 comments so far...

  • namco Said on October 23rd, 2009 at 11:52 am:

    Does it work for the 64bits version ?

  • John Said on October 25th, 2009 at 4:26 pm:

    @namco: Windows Server 2008 R2 doesn’t exist as 32-bit, so this should work.

  • Igor Camilo Said on April 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 pm:

    It works for all languages?

  • RA Said on September 19th, 2010 at 1:49 am:

    Thanks for this great Games Explorer Package.
    But how do I get the games into Win Server 2008 R2?
    Where do I get them from and how do I install them?

    Can anyone provide step-by-step instructions?

    Thank you!

    Arris: If you look at the main page, you see a link to this topic at the forum which explains the steps. Good luck! :)

  • Richard Parslow Said on April 28th, 2011 at 10:53 am:

    Hi, I have a dual boot Win 7 SP2 / W2K8R2 SP1

    And used the SP2 files from Win 7 and repacked you install file (including my name :-)

    file can be found here http://www.ukit.be/stuff/w2k8r2/gameux_sp1.zip

    Arris: Thanks for your comment and new file! :) Updated the links in the post.

  • Anonymous Said on January 9th, 2012 at 3:57 am:

    Is the download and use of the gameux.dll file legal? (Seeing as it is a file included with a purchased and registered version of Windows 7)

    Arris: It’s indeed a gray legal area we are operating in. It is however also possible to get the files from the publicly available Windows 7 Enterprise Trial DVD which can be downloaded from the Microsoft website. It’s easier to just add the files to the installer archives so no-one has to waste a few GB’s of bandwidth in order to extract some files from the DVD. In case a complaint is received to remove the files, this will be done, just like the files for the Boot Screen.

  • David Said on April 19th, 2012 at 9:30 pm:

    WHAT IS THIS?????!!!!!!
    I’m an idiot for installing this!!! It created a Game icon on my desktop, and when I delete it, the damn icon just pops back a few days later!!

    I want to COMPLETELY reverse ALL changes that this did to my OS. Unfortunately that doesn’t appear to be feasible, there were way too many registry keys changed by the batch file. I don’t want to reinstall my OS just because I downloaded this, but right now that looks like my only option!

    Arris: First of all, please don’t curse. Secondly, take a look at the batch file that installs the gameux.dll file. The file is being registered by executing the regsvr32.exe /s [dll] command. You can unregister the dll by running regsvr32.exe /u gameux.dll in the directory in which the dll file resides. Good luck! :)

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