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Factory installed games (Solitaire, Spider Solitaire and Free Cell, etc) have disappeared from my computer.

Anonymous
2011-01-20T07:05:38+00:00

For some reason all my factory installed games have gone missing on my HP Laptop which runs Windows Vista.  I did install and then uninstall a malware program so I thought during this process the games were removed.  How do I get them back?

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Anonymous
2011-01-21T03:15:22+00:00

Hi,

It might be that Games are disabled from the Windows features. I would suggest you to enable it and check. Follow the steps mentioned below.

a.       Click on Start and then type Programs and Features.

b.      Click on Turn Windows Features on or off and then place a check mark near Games folder.

c.       Click on Ok and then check whether you are able to see the games on the system.

I would suggest you to refer the article mentioned below.

Where are my games?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Where-are-my-games

Turn Windows features on or off

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Turn-Windows-features-on-or-off

Thank you and Regards.           

Thahaseena M

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-08-11T12:51:18+00:00

    I loved my games, but when I went to windows 10, I can't find any of them.  Spider solitaire, hearts, FreeCell, and solitaire.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-07-30T00:38:10+00:00

    For some reason all my factory installed games have gone missing on my HP Laptop which runs Windows Vista.  I did install and then uninstall a malware program so I thought during this process the games were removed.  How do I get them back?

    How  do I get back my factory  installed games?

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-08-31T12:55:18+00:00

    how do I get them back?

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-11-27T00:46:47+00:00

    reason above,  My factory installed game  Spider solitaire is missing from my pc

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