Age of Empires III

Age of Empires III

by Microsoft Game Studios

What is Age of Empires III?

Age of Empires III is software application developed by Microsoft Game Studios. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 60.87% of installations running this operating system. Age of Empires III's installer is typically 2.00 MB in size and installs around 107 files.

Age of Empires III is most popular in the United States with 31.97% of installations residing in this country.

Age of Empires III adds 5 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Age of Empires III is known to create 4 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

About Age of Empires III?

"Age of Empires III" is a real-time strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios, a former subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation, and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Players have the opportunity to take on the role of eight different civilizations in this game. The campaign mode is story-based and includes related scenarios with specific objectives, such as the destruction of a designated building. The game follows the fictional Black family in a series of three "Acts", which divide the story arc into three generations.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • age3x.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III\age3x.exe'.
  • age3.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III\age3.exe'.
  • age3y.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\AOE3\age3y.exe'.
  • empires2.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires II\empires2.exe'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • age3.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{7660B34D-C2B3-4564-BE20-84DE55E4BF6F}' (runs on registration).
  • age3y.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F35B72BE-C1C8-453A-86D8-EE68ADEEE760}' (runs on registration).
  • age3x.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D75B82FB-4EEB-406F-87CC-23CEB5C3B70A}' (runs on registration).
  • splash.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{B6FDB5E4-F8DA-4A3C-B7A4-5E8F01427094}' (runs on registration).
  • Age3xLauncher.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{EE7645E5-1431-4CEA-BD89-6C0C346489A7}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • age3.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named Express DownloaderUpdate.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.microsoft.com/games/age3
Support:
https://www.microsoft.com/games/age3/support.asp
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III\
Uninstaller:
C:\Program Files2\COMMON~1\INSTAL~1\Driver\11\INTEL3~1\IDriver.exe /M{7B9CC60A-9B81-46A3-A953-76B6BF9EEC97}
Size:
2.00 MB
Language:
English

Age of Empires III Executable Details

Primary executable:
Age3.exe
Name:
Age of Empires III
Path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Empires III\Age3.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Age of Empires III
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
4e5b661b2b2cd2529be572848d4bf8e1
EXE
9c797be67efad4969be6cbb43b69c2ad
EXE
b622fd8346e95343af0fa9a6e3c18ed7
EXE
ae73ed2dfaf1de7661627984464dc525
EXE
b04a86c390258f0a88e5269c7c22ab93
EXE
0ce9f4b3b56737dce04c38145cfa63e8
EXE
f546f34b15b5a1e76f1bcd091558bd69
EXE
2fbb0635aebcf01b2d0dbea7095dc54b
EXE
235567734378dd83379dca3a521c08af
EXE
862f31dd135ee87ac9e2e7c96e51e526