SHIII.exe...takes 2 double clicks to start?

[prowler3]

Thank you for hijacking my thread...and not helping me one bit. Cheers!!!

[stork100]

Hi prowler3 mate.

Have you renamed the dll file/s as per the link I provided? This is such an easy fix and I'm almost certain this is the problem. I use Windows 7 myself. Here's the instructions again:

"1) If you're x64 OS, go to windows\syswow64\ and rename gameux.dll to something without .dll extension
2) If you're x86 OS, go to windows\system32\ and rename gameux.dll to something without .dll extension
In both cases you'll have to take ownership and add file permissions".

For example, rename gameux.dll to gameux.txt. This disables the Microsoft Games Explorer application and stops it interfering with SH3.

Another possible fix that should work which I used to use before learning the above, is simply to rename SH3.exe to SH31.exe. Has no detrimental effect on the program, though it may if you use SH3 Commander.

Keep persisting mate. I am sure the problem will be resolved.

[Kal_Maximus_U669]

Originally Posted by prowler3

Thank you for hijacking my thread...and not helping me one bit. Cheers!!!

It seems to me that I gave you help and Hebe Vollmaus so don't say that we have diverted your file .... it's not my fault if you don't know how to do what we suggest to you I myself had this trouble with my old laptop ... and unlike you it works immediately
now I offer you a new solution try ...



https://www.old-games.ru/forum/threa...crosoft.85969/

[prowler3]

Apologies for my overreaction mates.
I used the following information to correct the problem:



http://forum.lastos.org/index.php?th...indows-7.1821/


scroll down to this entry:


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I edited my post a while back (got some things wrong), forgot to mention it back then.

Anyway, the registry changes are rather trivial. The same entries are added that would be added if you went disabling GameUX entries one-by-one with Compatibility Administrator. But something's wrong with Win7 compatible version of Compatibility Administrator and it puts the entries in the 32-bit part of the registry, where they're ignored.

About the stubborn cache kept somewhere by the OS that tracks compatibility related settings and may be refreshed on the per-app basis if the settings don't take effect immediately (always the case except if the application has never been run before), there's this undocumented command line parameter taken by sdbinst utility, the one that is used for installing user-created compatibility databases:

Code:
sdbinst -c
Run this from administrative Command Prompt and you don't have to do the thing on Compatibility tab for every game in question (source - thanks to dippy dipper for pointing it out).
Attached Files:

• 
  GameUX_AppCompatFlags.7z
  
  File size:44.8 KB Views:41
  

I DL'ed the "GameUX_AppCompatFlags.7z" from this post and ran 2 files to change registry:
"GameUX_DisableShims.reg"
"No_GameUX_Service_Location.reg"


I then ran the command code:
"sdbinst -c"

as an administrator.

SH3 now starts immediately.
I have also verified that only one instance of the exe is running
and resource and memory usage looks good.

Thank you!

[Kal_Maximus_U669]

Originally Posted by prowler3

Apologies for my overreaction mates.
I used the following information to correct the problem:



http://forum.lastos.org/index.php?th...indows-7.1821/


scroll down to this entry:


---------

I edited my post a while back (got some things wrong), forgot to mention it back then.

Anyway, the registry changes are rather trivial. The same entries are added that would be added if you went disabling GameUX entries one-by-one with Compatibility Administrator. But something's wrong with Win7 compatible version of Compatibility Administrator and it puts the entries in the 32-bit part of the registry, where they're ignored.

About the stubborn cache kept somewhere by the OS that tracks compatibility related settings and may be refreshed on the per-app basis if the settings don't take effect immediately (always the case except if the application has never been run before), there's this undocumented command line parameter taken by sdbinst utility, the one that is used for installing user-created compatibility databases:

Code:
sdbinst -c
Run this from administrative Command Prompt and you don't have to do the thing on Compatibility tab for every game in question (source - thanks to dippy dipper for pointing it out).
Attached Files:

• 
  GameUX_AppCompatFlags.7z
  
  File size:44.8 KB Views:41
  

I DL'ed the "GameUX_AppCompatFlags.7z" from this post and ran 2 files to change registry:
"GameUX_DisableShims.reg"
"No_GameUX_Service_Location.reg"


I then ran the command code:
"sdbinst -c"

as an administrator.

SH3 now starts immediately.
I have also verified that only one instance of the exe is running
and resource and memory usage looks good.

Thank you!

When you close your game do Ctrl + Shift + Esc look in the processes to see if all are in order have fun...

[prowler3]

Originally Posted by Kal_Maximus_U669

When you close your game do Ctrl + Shift + Esc look in the processes to see if all are in order have fun...

I did and all looks good, KM. Thank you again.