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
2b150d3a00137588eb4d68bb30c25214
DLL
3456323d85e8a6adb646ec0bd837d404
DLL
1ff4846d6cc3f53f86b6ee7dd111d5af
DLL
fe6f379c20df8c41d07e5b26c617e04d
DLL
6833638bac53c9e532c519988c903dd1
DLL
aa676ecf94aec8876ca0a5a5be9cef68
EXE
947f1ff10d2dfe2647d2940b211884c5
DLL
e9ae2c98e13831883d826e29a738f0f5
DLL
65e85ba6ff626ba4922ddb0eba2b0010
DLL
de26a33fecdf5ed4cb91c2377375d7bb