Games Explorer Programming Guide

This section contains conceptual topics about how to interact with Windows Games Explorer, a feature available on Windows Vista and Windows 7. Information is divided into the following sections:

In This Section

• Getting Started with Games Explorer
  Provides a broad overview of Games Explorer and how to get started with a typical installation scenario
• Games Explorer Tasks
  Provides an overview of the Games Explorer task system, including how you can create your own custom tasks.
• GDF Delivery and Localization
  Describes how GDF resources are interpreted by Games Explorer and instructions on how to include the GDF resources in your game.
• Games Explorer and WMI
  Provides an overview on how to use Windows Management Instrumentation to access Games Explorer information on the Windows platforms starting with Windows Vista.
• Legacy Game Support with Games Explorer
  Provides an overview of how legacy games (games that have not authored custom content for Games Explorer) are interpreted by Games Explorer.
• Rich Saved Games (Vista Only)
  Provides an overview on how to create and store rich saved games (Windows Vista only).
• Supporting an Upgrade from Windows XP
  Provides instructions on supporting users who have installed a game on Windows XP then upgraded to a more recent Windows version
• The Game-Definition-File (GDF) Schema
  Provides an overview of the XML-based GDF schema, and describes how to use the fields to represent your game.