I loved playing Minesweeper in my spare time on Windows 7. I can't find it on Windows 8. What happened to Minesweeper and other Microsoft Games (Chess, Solitaire)?
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From the Start Screen
- Click on the "Store" app tile
- Click on "Top Free" selection
- Scroll along until you find Microsoft Solitaire Collection and Microsoft Minesweeper
- Install them
- Play them
Then go back and check out a few of the others. The free Microsoft Mahjong is very colourful
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Crikey. My text only post has turned into a full multimedia experience in less than 30 minutes :-) – shunty Oct 29 '12 at 10:58
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But the games are huge in size!! – pratnala Oct 31 '12 at 10:58
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Chess Titans is gone. People have been able to copy it over though.
Below are the available games that have come with Windows is the past.
Microsoft Solitaire Collection
- Solitaire
- FreeCell (Windows 95)
- Spider (Windows ME)
- TriPeaks (Microsoft Windows Entertainment Pack)
Microsoft Minesweeper
Circa Windows 3
Pinball FX2
Preceeded by 3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet? (Microsoft Plus! 95)
Microsoft Mahjong
Was in the Microsoft Windows Entertainment Pack, came back as Mahjong Titans in Vista.
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They are gone.
You can see the instructions on how ot get them from a previous version of Windows here: http://www.intowindows.com/play-windows-7-games-in-windows-8/
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