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
9e9258418af5a41f3d6596a8c6c83d6c
EXE
3cc6e697cc44d2606d7076ea6c69eb7d
DLL
c4c719b5d5121b1b21f82274e02c23e3
DLL
d1ea3f6187c19f635fdefabb9c7f1845
EXE
4f0c639bc16185f9d71ec65b5ffd3272
EXE
02fe3e23afbfc05e0016cea2c41f7a29
EXE
874d9dd6bd64f3184522f063c7213b05
DLL
59d06243b155a8f633aa46e7996a6d5f
DLL
18303a31bdce1251021ec890c5760822
EXE
bc8273dda8a4c94c2d7bb93b423c590d