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
f40c52c6a486c61475e129ec6bb5afe5
DLL
d69c46269515407fd58d59a5c8107d98
DLL
fc9616b8d48f0c130d4df38d7fc37575
EXE
42b8897dcc573bf8e08c2e3f3f172cee
EXE
530533b471ed4c204a98223566d47813
EXE
581c16a8672e7aa55b10f8b4d1041164
EXE
1321ce45930439121055fa55b875c0de
EXE
4580d96295e32dc421a8827516a45329
EXE
b9372e46bc6659b90065cc8a6e02fa9f
EXE
91f5e7d6f988bedd9dfcad1924ddca51