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I'm trying to get the NSIS installer for my game to register the game with the Games Explorer in Vista/Win7. In all other respects, my installer is working fine - but I've had a difficult time identifying the 'right' way to integrate with the Games explorer. In my searching, I've found the following resources:

I've got the game-side tasks complete (my .EXE has embedded GDF resources), but the installer work is frustrating me. It seems that by now there should be a fairly well-honed approach to this, but none of these feel like 'it.' Has anybody had experience with this?

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Have you considered using Windows Installer XML (WiX) toolset instead of NSIS? Starting from version 3 it have pretty handy Gaming Extension. (schema)

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  • WiX is a better overall solution for sure, but I was too far down the road with NSIS at the time to switch over. – Quintus Aug 02 '10 at 22:55
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There are solutions available for NSIS either using the System plug-in or with a dedicated plug-in.

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