How do you edit Windows 7 game shortcuts?

Shocky-FM · 26 Sep 2009 at 14:18

As title, want to change Crysis shortcut in games folder to default to 32bit and not 64bit but theres no option to edit this so how do you do it?

Shocky-FM · 26 Sep 2009 at 16:17

Anyone? I'm sure you could do this with vista... :/

Oddw1re · 26 Sep 2009 at 16:35

Just change it in program files

Shocky-FM · 27 Sep 2009 at 17:32

Oddw1re said:
Just change it in program files

Theres allot of stuff under program files, you mind narrowing that down a bit?

dr4g0nf1y · 27 Sep 2009 at 17:55

the .exe program file of the game

malccy · 27 Sep 2009 at 17:55

Could you not just right-click the game .exe file in the Program File (x86) and select send to - shortcut?

Shocky-FM · 27 Sep 2009 at 22:34

dr4g0nf1y said:
the .exe program file of the game

I'm trying to change the shortcut in the games folder in windows 7 so that starts the Crysis.exe in the bin32 folder, how will changing the Crysis64.exe solve anything?

You used to be able to simply edit this in windows vista. I'm really not sure you guys understand what i'm asking.

malccy said:
Could you not just right-click the game .exe file in the Program File (x86) and select send to - shortcut?

I don't want to create a desktop shortcut.

Fanatic · 27 Sep 2009 at 22:41

This is assuming Win7 Games folder is similar to Vista... and that I understand what you are trying to do.

Right click the game, then pick customize from the list, in the customize dialog box click the play command you want to edit then click edit. Then you get the shortcut properties like you would normally.

Ascendancy · 27 Sep 2009 at 23:40

Fanatic said:
This is assuming Win7 Games folder is similar to Vista... and that I understand what you are trying to do.

Right click the game, then pick customize from the list, in the customize dialog box click the play command you want to edit then click edit. Then you get the shortcut properties like you would normally.

Doesn't work under 7, although there is a workaround.

It is possible to edit the shortcuts and even add extra ones yourself.

The shortcuts for all users game explorer is in
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer

The shortcuts for current user are in (which is where shortcuts you manually dragged to the Game Explorer will be)
Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer

In both cases they are in folders with a {GUID} key, but if you open those and then \PlayTasks\0\ there will be a shortcut to the game which is editable.

Shocky-FM · 27 Sep 2009 at 23:40

Fanatic said:
This is assuming Win7 Games folder is similar to Vista... and that I understand what you are trying to do.

Right click the game, then pick customize from the list, in the customize dialog box click the play command you want to edit then click edit. Then you get the shortcut properties like you would normally.

Yay somebody who understands!, that's how I used to do it in vista, I havent got that option in Windows 7 which why i'm asking.

Ascendancy said:
Doesn't work under 7, although there is a workaround.

It is possible to edit the shortcuts and even add extra ones yourself.

The shortcuts for all users game explorer is in
\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer

The shortcuts for current user are in (which is where shortcuts you manually dragged to the Game Explorer will be)
Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\GameExplorer

In both cases they are in folders with a {GUID} key, but if you open those and then \PlayTasks\0\ there will be a shortcut to the game which is editable.

Thanks, i'll give that a try now.

asim18 · 28 Sep 2009 at 01:01

Cant you just drag and drop the 64bit exe to the game explorer and remove the 32bit one?

zytok · 28 Sep 2009 at 06:47

does the VGEE program not work under 7?

try this http://gameeditor.webnode.com/