Windows 10: "Press Win + G to open Game bar" ?

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Windows 10: "Press Win + G to open Game bar" ?

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I think we have a bug in the 64bit version because every time I launch it I get that "Press Win + G to open Game bar" on Windows 10. After launching it multiple times I get a "Don't show this again" checkbox. All good because there's a workaround, and somehow Windows 10 thinks Total Commander is a game.

Doesn't happen in the 32bit version though.


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Post by *sqa_wizard »

Yes, weird Win 10!
Already mentioned here
#5767 Personal license
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

Unfortunately I have no idea what is causing this, TC is NOT asking for this dialog. Looks like a bug in Windows 10 itself. Maybe Windows 10 assumes that TC is some kind of game with "Total" in the title.

If anyone knows how to suppress them, please let me know!
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Maybe Windows 10 assumes that TC is some kind of game with "Total" in the title.
Or by "Commander" like Supreme Commander e.g.
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

It seems to be caused only by the EXE name. If this bothers you, rename totalcmd64.exe to totalcmdx64.exe or whatever. It seems to be hard-coded into Windows 10, so there really isn't anything I can do. I can't even change the exe name myself because many links, scripts and even programs on user's computers may be pointing to the old name...
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Post by *magz »

You could also make hardlinks with mklink (I think it's available in win10 as well, if ntfs), then you can have both totalcmd64.exe and totalcmdx64.exe without extra space being used. I made TC buttons to do so while I was at it (copy code contents and paste to button bar):

TC button for making a hardlink of totalcmd64.exe

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cmd
/c mklink /H "%%COMMANDER_PATH%%\totalcmdx64.exe" "%%COMMANDER_PATH%%\totalcmd64.exe"
%COMMANDER_EXE%
Make a hardlink of Totalcmd64 exe named Totalcmdx64.exe


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TC button for making hardlink of totalcmd.exe

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cmd
/c mklink /H "%%COMMANDER_PATH%%\totalcmdx.exe" "%%COMMANDER_PATH%%\totalcmd.exe"
%COMMANDER_EXE%
Make a hardlink of Totalcmd exe named Totalcmdx.exe


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Edit:
seems to work just as well with symbolic links, and then I don't think ntfs is required (/H parameter skipped):

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TOTALCMD#BAR#DATA
cmd
/c mklink "%%COMMANDER_PATH%%\totalcmdx64.exe" "%%COMMANDER_PATH%%\totalcmd64.exe"
%COMMANDER_EXE%
Make a symbolic link of Totalcmd64 exe named Totalcmdx64.exe


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Post by *ZoSTeR »

The "totalcmd64.exe" is listed in Microsoft's "KnownGameList.bin" file.
It's GUID is f9afb654-ed57-42b1-976e-41aff834d1e6

The GUIDS are stored here:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore

Search for the Children key with the matching "GameDVR_GameGUID" value.

Set the "Flags" value to 0.

@ghisler: Seems that you have to get in touch with Microsoft to resolve this for good.

*Edit: deleting the key won't work but Flags=0 seems to.
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

Hmm, I guess that some game is also using the name, so I don't think that Microsoft will remove it from their list. :(

I googled f9afb654-ed57-42b1-976e-41aff834d1e6, but only found this thread - so no idea which game it could be.
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Post by *JoschleMSFT »

This is hilarious. I work for Microsoft and I'll make sure a bug gets opened to address this. I know the team that works on this is really awesome and they'll probably get a fix out shortly.
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

Wow, that would be great!

Could you please also address the problem that "Properties" doesn't work when a program is run as Administrator?
http://ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?t=42571

The same happens in the file open dialog in notepad.exe when notepad is run as administrator. This problem only exists in Windows 10, it works fine in Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1.
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Post by *JoschleMSFT »

Sorry for the terribly slow response time. I tried to reproduce the bug you mentioned but I'm not getting the same issue. Specifically I tried "Run as Admin" on notepad.exe, but in both the open and save as dialogs, I could right click any file and folder and look at the properties with no errors. If I'm misunderstanding the problem, please clarify my mistakes for me.
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Post by *ghisler(Author) »

2JoschleMSFT
You are right, I just tried it on Windows 10 and it works now, also in Total Commander! So apparently it has been fixed in a recent Windows update!
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