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I'm new to 11 & use solitaire for a brain game & to relax. It's pinned to the task bar & shows up but takes forever or won't open. Is it not in the system? Thanks for any & all help. Hope y'all have a better new year.
 
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Right click on Start.
Go to settings/apps/click on Installed Apps.
Look for Solitaire and Casual Games
Click on the 3 dots
Advanced
Scroll all the way down to Uninstall
Right above that there is RESET
Click on that and then try again.
 

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Found what you suggested & clk'd reset. About 20-30 sec. later it showed loading. # min have gone by & still loading. Anything else to suggest?
Is it in the system or coming from the cloud or wherever? Thanks in advance for your advice. It just loaded! :^)
 

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Hello again, Oat,,, They said it was the internet connection ( I have a slow one) & bad weather or bandwidth may be involved. Take care.
 

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If you like to play Solitaire, how about the old version from XP or before?
For that version, which does play on Win-11 or any previous version of Windows, all you need is two files, located in the same directory, or even on the desktop. Those two files are, "Sol.exe and Cards.dll".
I have it set up here on Win-11/Pro, and it plays just like it did decades ago.
I've kept those two files on my Utilities Disk (or flash drive) for years, and I install them on every new Windows install.
Check out this help:

Happy New Year!
 

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And if you want the whole old collection of MS games in one package, not just Solitaire, updated for Win 11 with support for HiDPI display, you can go here
And Winaero interface contains the option to take you there as well.
 

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    Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. TUF Gaming FX705GM
    CPU
    2.20 gigahertz Intel i7-8750H Hyper-threaded 12 cores
    Motherboard
    ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. FX705GM 1.0
    Memory
    24428 Megabytes
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) UHD Graphics 630 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) Display Audio / Realtek(R) Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Integrated Monitor (17.3"vis)
    Screen Resolution
    FHD 1920X1080 16:9
    Hard Drives
    2 SSD SATA/NVM Express 1.3
    WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500.1 GB
    WDCSDAPNUW-1002 256 GB
    PSU
    19V DC 6.32 A 120 W
    Cooling
    Dual Fans
    Mouse
    MS Bluetooth
    Internet Speed
    Fiber 1GB Cox -us & IGB Orange-fr
    Browser
    Edge Canary- Firefox Nightly-Chrome Dev-Chrome Dev
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    VMs of Windows 11 stable/Beta/Dev/Canary
    VM of XeroLinux- Arch based & Debian 13 (Trixie)
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    Windows 11 Insider Canary
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    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS X751BP
    CPU
    AMD Dual Core A6-9220
    Motherboard
    ASUS
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    AMD Radeon R5 M420
    Sound Card
    Realtek
    Monitor(s) Displays
    17.3
    Screen Resolution
    1600X900 16:9
    Hard Drives
    1TB 5400RPM
What @OAT said, I like the Mahjong Titans in it.
 

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Thanks to all of you for the advice. I'll print what TechnoMage2021 suggested for future (senior moment) reference. Hope your new year goes well.
 

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Hi there
@vintage seabee

Install the W7 games for W11 etc from WINAERO.

winaero.com

Download Windows 7 Games for Windows 11

Here you can download Windows 7 Games for Windows 11. You will get Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Minesweeper, FreeCell, Hearts and the rest of the classic
winaero.com

I like Hearts as well . Also good for surviving pointless meetings !!!

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Cheers
jimbo
 

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Here's the dropbox link to all the old XP Games (offline games only)...

Dropbox - XP Games <---- portable

The online games, no longer work, because MS shut down the servers for those games.

Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Minesweeper, Freecell, Hearts, Pinball

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    Built by Ghot® [May 2020]
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    AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
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    Asus Pro WS X570-ACE (BIOS 5002)
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    G.Skill (F4-3200C14D-16GTZKW)
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    EVGA RTX 2070 (08G-P4-2171-KR)
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    Dell U3011 30"
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    2560 x 1600
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    2x Samsung 860 EVO 500GB,
    WD 4TB Black FZBX - SATA III,
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    TWIN2X2048-6400C4DHX (2 x 1GB, DDR2 800)
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    EVGA 256-P2-N758-TR GeForce 8600GT SSC
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    ViewSonic G90FB Black 19" Professional (CRT)
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    up to 2048 x 1536
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    WD 36GB 10,000rpm Raptor SATA
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    ZALMAN 9500A 92mm CPU Cooler
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    Logitech Optical M-BT96a
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    Logitech Classic Keybooard 200
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    300/300
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    Firefox 3.x ??
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    Symantec (Norton)
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    Still assembled, still runs. Haven't turned it on for 15 years?
Oh how I regret, that I can't just upload Sol.exe and Cards.dll to this forum, for download by whomsoever wants them.
But they should be available on any old PC running Win-7 or earlier.
Solitaire is not only a fun game, but its a strategy game too, and great for keeping the old mind alert.
I won.jpg
This screen shot is from my own PC. OH, by the way, I won!
My game really went into OverDrive, when some years ago I discovered how and when to use the Right Click mouse button. If I Right Click on that ten of hearts, it's Game Over!
 

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