Gameex and Windows 7 - Works - Sort Of

[kenclops]

Yes, Windows 7 is in beta, but it's pretty solid.

Here's what I found thus far:

1.) Gameexconfig.exe doesn't work in Windows 7

2.) Ben Baker's SetupWizard.exe does work

3.) SetupWizard.exe issue: When you click on the ... to browse for a location, an error message pops up that says it can not access a cd drive. Close off that error message and then the browse folders option appears.

4.) Gameex runs. Installed Halo - Combat Evolved and ran it through Gameex. Halo runs.

5.) Upon exiting Gameex, my desktop background was disabled until I simply opened up the personalize section of Windows 7. It should be noted that this happened after I exited Gameex but had not run Halo yet, so it wasn't the emulator that caused the background to disappear.

Hope this helps.

[Tom Speirs]

Sounds like a lot less isseus than I had with Vista then. Although theres probably tons to be resolved in GameEx itself, you just havent tested enough

[kenclops]

  TSpeirs said:

Sounds like a lot less isseus than I had with Vista then. Although theres probably tons to be resolved in GameEx itself, you just havent tested enough

Is that a challenge?

[Tom Speirs]

No, wasnt meant to be but it could be when we get a release candidate

[kenclops]

  kenclops said:

Is that a challenge?

Related Problem:

After installing Gameex, it asks me whether I want to start the setup wizard. I put a checkmark next to it, and click Finish. Then an error message pops up that says, "SetupWizard.exe failed to start. Requires high elevation of access" bascially saying that you're not me (administrator of the computer) and you don't have the right to automatically run another .exe after the install.

[kenclops]

News works.

Weather works.

Changing themes, some work. 1942 theme works. But...

Default Theme - Gameex V1 doesn't work. Crashes Gameex.

[Tom Speirs]

  kenclops said:

Related Problem:

After installing Gameex, it asks me whether I want to start the setup wizard. I put a checkmark next to it, and click Finish. Then an error message pops up that says, "SetupWizard.exe failed to start. Requires high elevation of access" bascially saying that you're not me (administrator of the computer) and you don't have the right to automatically run another .exe after the install.

That happens on Vista too.

Im sure therll be lots for me to do, but at least it sorta works. I dont think theres any point for anyone to waste time on it now though.

However, Interesting to know that it almost runs.

[uberpubert69]

actually i havent ran into any problems with gameex on windows 7, yes it said setup cant be ran or w/e but i manually ran it and it works fine

[bkenobi]

FYI - From everything I've heard from people on the inside, Windows 7 will likely kill off Vista. Vista is pretty much good to go now, but the public opinion (thanks to Apple's ads) is that Vista sucks. Well, Windows 7 should be exactly what everyone wanted in the first place and more. AND, M$ claims they won't let Apple pull another marketing campaign on them like they did last time.

Anyway, good to hear things run fairly well!

[uberpubert69]

yes, I havent encountered any problems on windows 7 yet, and all of my games/emulators work flawlessly(except the expected imperfectionism of the emulators)