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My Counter-Strike Source and Half Life 2 cannot be applied in the Games tab. Why?

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My Counter-Strike Source and Half Life 2 cannot be applied in the Games tab. Why?

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In order for Xfire to detect any Steam games, you must have run the game at least once to create its directory and gcf file. After a Steam update you may need to run them again for Xfire to auto-detect them. The xfire_games.ini is also looking for certain criteria. • A dir key in your registry pointing to where you have Steam installed. • A Launcher .exe (which would be Steam.exe) located in the path specified in your registry. • An “install hint” which is a common file from a given games directory. • A “detect .exe” which is the executable that is running when you’re playing the game. Now, if your registry key does not match the location of your steam.exe, your Steam games will not be automatically detected and possibly will not be able to be applied using the Tools | Options | Games tab. What we suggest is to go to your start menu, click on run, and type ‘regedit’ and click OK. This will bring up the windows registry editor. The registry key that Xfire looks for to detect your Steam

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