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
c45f7f21e518e45a9e9cbd43b76e2fd7
EXE
39db93b013b5e8e68e41787a02d3d2d1
DLL
1ca8ff8f996bcf9dad9fe26a0a8b6855
DLL
b4809ecc2f3e71c965f22a66db6d40fc
EXE
8c9daef79e0a83df6be12be5aed4f868
EXE
5b23c735280ad581c34b5715e9a39a91
EXE
db3353a02e4819ea6a39035768df0fac
EXE
96b509d3c7d9124c0657221b1e5af62a
DLL
d9dbd91d0422f9eee396906bd11f8de5
DLL
0fa64da0c262a78a7e3d76f6f7d08bc9