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Posted November 02, 2012
I play many of my video games on a laptop that doesn't always have internet access. This can be an issue if a game has registry keys under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameUX\" (this means it is integrated into the awful Windows Games list). Often the game will hang when I first launch it, and I'll have to launch the game a second time and kill the original process stuck in the background. To remedy this issue (under Win7 64 with Steam and GoG games at least), I just delete the keys that these games make under the aforementioned registry location. However, the new HD version of Stronghold recreates the keys that I had deleted at every launch! This causes the hanging issue to occur once again. Is there a way to prevent this behavior from happening with the HD version, or do I have to revert to the older one? Thanks!
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Posted August 05, 2017
(Necro, I know, but this is a persistent problem across all offline gaming in Win7 that can be difficult to find a good fix for. Plus, unanswered question after all this time! :( )

My own researching efforts turned up this post: (Can't post links cause less than 7 rep, apparently... Really GOG? 100+ games and I'm not good enough to post a link?)

The first method they discuss seems both relatively simple and reliable, and is my recommendation. They even do the favor to list the original key value at the end should this method not work.

The second and third methods are less reliable, and I've seen reports that they're ineffective, or even counter-productive) in some cases.

While there are other methods, like deleting the core OS files called by Game Explorer from windows core system directories, this is obviously an extreme solution and highly advised against.

(Screenshot of linked text attached as backup)

It might be worth making note of this by the GOG.com Staff and Developers to head off potential problems like this in the future. Afterall, what's the point in Game Explorer second-guessing the compatibility patches you've already spent time/money making?
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Posted June 18, 2019
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EvilEdDead: (Necro, I know, but this is a persistent problem across all offline gaming in Win7 that can be difficult to find a good fix for. Plus, unanswered question after all this time! :( )

My own researching efforts turned up this post: (Can't post links cause less than 7 rep, apparently... Really GOG? 100+ games and I'm not good enough to post a link?)

The first method they discuss seems both relatively simple and reliable, and is my recommendation. They even do the favor to list the original key value at the end should this method not work.

The second and third methods are less reliable, and I've seen reports that they're ineffective, or even counter-productive) in some cases.

While there are other methods, like deleting the core OS files called by Game Explorer from windows core system directories, this is obviously an extreme solution and highly advised against.

(Screenshot of linked text attached as backup)

It might be worth making note of this by the GOG.com Staff and Developers to head off potential problems like this in the future. Afterall, what's the point in Game Explorer second-guessing the compatibility patches you've already spent time/money making?
Thanks a lot for the solution !

The MS server https://games.metaservices.microsoft.com/games/SGamesWebService.asmx seems to be dead now, so your fix is a necessity for Win users for a lot of old games now.
Posted June 22, 2019
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EvilEdDead: (Necro, I know, but this is a persistent problem across all offline gaming in Win7 that can be difficult to find a good fix for. Plus, unanswered question after all this time! :( )

My own researching efforts turned up this post: (Can't post links cause less than 7 rep, apparently... Really GOG? 100+ games and I'm not good enough to post a link?)

The first method they discuss seems both relatively simple and reliable, and is my recommendation. They even do the favor to list the original key value at the end should this method not work.

The second and third methods are less reliable, and I've seen reports that they're ineffective, or even counter-productive) in some cases.

While there are other methods, like deleting the core OS files called by Game Explorer from windows core system directories, this is obviously an extreme solution and highly advised against.

(Screenshot of linked text attached as backup)

It might be worth making note of this by the GOG.com Staff and Developers to head off potential problems like this in the future. Afterall, what's the point in Game Explorer second-guessing the compatibility patches you've already spent time/money making?
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Pouyou-pouyou: Thanks a lot for the solution !

The MS server https://games.metaservices.microsoft.com/games/SGamesWebService.asmx seems to be dead now, so your fix is a necessity for Win users for a lot of old games now.
The only problem is many old games are good games, unlike many of the newly developed games that arrived the past 3 to 5 years, many of them look like a job not well done.... too hasty, limited resources, small teams ... etc etc etc .... looks like even the big old develoeprs arent able to develop decent good games anymore, they use a 3d engine and klik n play a game ask 30 to 50 USD or Euros and thats it...

Anyway its a good thing there are casualgames, some are really good and they ease the 'pain' a little bit :D
as for the big boys developers ( EA and the likes) they lost it all they can do is release bad remakes at a very high price :D , and they only want to grab as much $ as possible... in a short period of time $$$$ :D
Posted June 26, 2019
Thanks!!!
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