A Complete Installation Guide

  • 25 Feb, 2026

This blog post shows a detailed guide on how to Install games from AnkerGames with detailed steps.

A Complete Installation Guide


**HOW TO INSTALL GAMES **
1) After downloading, go into your file explorer and then make a folder in C drive (or whichever drive you wanna extract your game onto) . 
To create a new folder on right-click on an empty space in File Explorer , select New, and then Folder

Let us call it ⁨`Games`⁩ . So the location of this folder becomes` C:\Games`

2) Then basically you wanna exclude from antivirus the game folder so use below steps Or From the image -image 2

Windows Security > Virus & threat protection > Manage settings > Scroll to Exclusions > Add or remove exclusions > Add an exclusion > Select Folder > Choose the Games folder we made earlier.

Also make sure there are no other antivirus softwares like mcafee , norton or anything like that. Uninstall them coz they are unnecessary , windows defender is more than enough

Also Do This:

How to disable Smart app control in Windows 11  
Search and open Windows Security
 Click App & browser control  
Click Smart App Control settings  
Select Off: Choose the Off option and confirm by clicking "Yes, I'm sure" when prompted.  





3) Then download and install 7zip from - https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd/releases/download/v25.01-v1.5.7-R4/7z25.01-zstd-x64.exe

After downloading 7zip , go into your file explorer and go where your downloaded game file is.
Right-click the downloaded game zip/rar file >Show More options> Select 7-Zip ZS> Extract Files…
In the destination path, select ⁨`C:\Games`⁩
Click OK to start extracting and then wait for it to complete.

4) Now you need some libraries from Microsoft which is essential for your game to run , otherwise your game will give errors on running -

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one/
1. Click on the link above, then click on ‘Download’.
2. Click on any flag to start the download
3. Extract the archive: right-click -> **"Extract all “**, then press **”Extract ’**.
4. The extracted folder opens: right-click on **"install_all “** -> **”Run as administrator ’** to launch the installation

Then install all theses soft :
DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer
Microsoft XNA Framework Redistributable 4.0
OpenAL 1.1 Windows Installer

5. Wait for it to finish, restart your PC


5)  Now to Launch the game
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Go the game page and click on "Game Feature" to see all the info, including where to launch, possible Dlcs or Info

Note- Games which have onlinefix/OFME/0xdeadc0de written in game features need steam to be running before you open the game

6) Enjoy your game! Have fun!
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