Bug in Games Explorer on Start Menu - Vista RTM

G

Guest

Using Vista RTM, I cannot open any of my games (chess titans, solitaire,
minesweeper, etc.) from the Games Explorer on the start menu ('Games' on the
righthand side of the start menu). When I select a game to play, I get an
error message box saying:

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

However, when I go into 'All Programs -> Games', and start the games from
there, no problems.

I have looked at the Set Associations control panel, and I don't see
anything applicable. How can I get the Games to play from the Games Explorer?
 
G

Guest

This has been happening since the installation of RTM. It's a clean install,
not an upgrade. To answer your question though, I have installed other
software since then, but this was apparent before that.
 
G

Guest

Jane, thank you, you hit the nail right on the head. It seems that removing
the shortcut arrows prevents the Games from opening correctly. As soon as I
put the shortcut arrows back, everything ran well. Do you know how I can
remove the shortcut arrows without diminishing usabililty?
 
J

Jane C

So far no luck removing those arrows without stuffing other things up. I've
learned to live with them ;-)
 
C

Colin Barnhorst

What's up with the aversion to arrows? This isn't the Little Big Horn, you
know.
 
J

Jeff

Colin,

After I found the light of QL,
don't like much on the desktop
plus the smaller blue ones; fit the Vista theme more than the default ones,
and I tried those too
 
J

Jane C

LOL! It's just that, well, they are rather large. Someone goes to the
trouble of creating a lovely icon, and then it gets a huge blob of an arrow
dumped on top of it. The smaller arrow is much better. No arrow even more
so ;-)
 
D

David Wright

I don't know if that question was specifically directed towards Jeff, but
IMO, the overall look just looks cleaner without the shortcut arrows. No
real aversion to them.
 
C

Colin Barnhorst

No, it wasn't aimed at anybody in particular. I use the desktop for
downloads and lots of download icons look the same as the installed shortcut
if the arrow is removed so I don't like to do it. Adobe Reader, AVG,
Diskeeper all are the same without the arrow. It's no trick to check before
I move the installers off to my installers folder on an external drive, but
I just like the arrows.
 

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