Question

I want to add my game programtically to the game explorer.

In order to do this I use the IGameExplorer interface in my code.

When i try to compile and link my code with Visual C++ 2010 Express Edition. I get the following linker error:

error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol _CLSID_GameExplorer

How do resolve this error? Is there any library to link against?

Answer 1

Since you’re using Visual C++, you can try using __uuidof(GameExplorer) instead of CLSID_GameExplorer. The GameUX.H file defines:

class DECLSPEC_UUID("9A5EA990-3034-4D6F-9128-01F3C61022BC")
GameExplorer;
#endif

which tells the C++ compiler that the CLSID for GameExplorer is 985EA990-3034-4D6F....