What causes the FreeCell (in Solitaire) to sometimes suddenly shut down on its own?

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What causes the FreeCell (in Solitaire) to sometimes suddenly shut down on its own?

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Sometimes, while I'm in the middle of playing a FreeCell in the Solitaire application, it will shut down unexpectedly on its own. I can immediately reopen it and resume playing where I left off, but this unsolicited shutdown is really annoying.

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Answer 1

OK, I've run the dism and sfc commands, but after restarting the computer, it could take some time for me to know if it solved the problem because the problem occurs very infrequently. I generally play about 20 games of FreeCell a day, but it could still take days for the problem to re-occur. I'll let you know if/when it happens again.

Answer 2

Hi, I'm Bianca, an Independent Advisor.

I suggest that you run the System File Checker to check if there are corrupted files which might be causing this problem.

To run it, follow these steps:

Open Command Prompt and Run it as administrator. Select Yes to make changes on the prompt where it will ask for changes to be made to your PC.

Type this command: DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth

Then press Enter

Wait for the message that says "The operation completed successfully."

Type another command: sfc/scannow

Then press Enter

After the verification is complete, restart your PC and see if you have the same problem.

Please let me know if this does not work or if you've tried this already. I might have another possible solution to try after this one.

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