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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)?

Rakib Ansary
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From the Start Screen

  • Click on the "Store" app tile
  • Click on "Top Free" selection enter image description here
  • Scroll along until you find Microsoft Solitaire Collection and Microsoft Minesweeper enter image description here
  • Install them
  • Play them

Then go back and check out a few of the others. The free Microsoft Mahjong is very colourful

shunty
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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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Louis Waweru
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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/

Mikhail
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